David Pendleton is a Lead Data Scientist based in Atlanta with a decade of experience turning engineering problems into production-ready analytics and ML solutions across enterprise and research environments. He has progressed from GE’s Edison rotations—building statistical failure models and automation—to GTRI research work and senior data science roles at Mailchimp/Intuit, and now leads data science at Chick-fil-A’s corporate support center. Skilled in Python, R, and applied ML, he combines hands-on model development with engineering discipline from software and reliability backgrounds, enabling robust surrogate models and analytics used to drive operational decisions. Notably, his early work helped realize multimillion-dollar fleet savings through statistical turbine models, reflecting a talent for translating complex data into business impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering at Cleveland State University
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