David Perlaza
Data Scientist
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Perlaza is a data scientist with 12 years of cross-disciplinary experience applying statistics, software engineering, and education theory to real-world problems. Currently at Lucu, he translates complex data into actionable products, building on earlier roles that bridged human-performance modeling at Aptima and student-success analytics at UCF. He holds MS degrees in Statistics and Mathematics Education and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science, enabling a rare blend of rigorous quantitative methods and pedagogical insight. His background as an instructor and teacher informs a user-focused approach to analytics and model interpretation, ensuring stakeholders understand and trust results. Comfortable moving models from research into production, he excels at turning multidisciplinary perspectives into robust, maintainable systems. Based in Orlando, he combines academic rigor with practical engineering to tackle retention, performance prediction, and applied analytics challenges.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Statistics, Master of Science - MS, Statistics at University of Central Florida
English, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
590reputation
58kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (23)
widgets10
engage10
mechanics9
lti8
experiences8
canvas-lms8
edtech7
embedded7
graph6
regex6
python6
wolfram-mathematica6
authentication6
shibboleth6
apache6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
superlaza/skilltree
Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:74 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 11 months
superlaza/AutoGrade
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:37 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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