Evan Simpson
Lead Full Stack Data Scientist
Bilbao, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain
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Top SchoolEvan Simpson is a Lead Full Stack Data Scientist with a decade of experience turning educational product data into actionable decisions, currently shaping end-to-end data strategy for Mrs Wordsmith from Bilbao. He blends machine learning, modern data stack engineering, and clear analytics storytelling to deliver personalization systems, KPI frameworks, and Tableau dashboards that inform product, pedagogy, and marketing. Evan’s background in applied linguistics and extensive teaching experience gives him a rare edge in measurement design and communicating complex insights to non-technical stakeholders. He has led cross-institutional research, coordinated efficacy studies with Carnegie Mellon, and built reliable pipelines and models that improve learning outcomes and engagement. Known as an educator as well as a data scientist, he prioritizes making complex concepts comprehensible and actionable for teams.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Linguistics and Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State UniversityBA English, BA English at Boise State University
Github Skills (65)
regression10
computation10
r10
catboost10
kaggle10
classification10
cpu10
cuda10
data-mining10
gradient-boosting9
gradient9
lightgbm9
high-performance9
scalable9
gbm9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
educatorsRlearners/podrevday
Jul 2020 - Sep 2022
In progress project designed to analyze the growth of #PodRevDay. Stay tuned
Contributions:1 PR, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
pythonin-progresstunedtwitteranalyze
educatorsRlearners/book-maturity
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:91 commits, 26 pushes in 10 months
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