Forest Polchow
Data Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolForest Polchow is a data scientist based in San Francisco with nine years of experience blending quantitative rigor and applied machine learning. He holds advanced degrees across computer science, education, and economics—from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Fordham, and Northwestern—giving him a unique lens for translating complex models into teachable insights. Trained at Galvanize's Data Science Immersive, he is comfortable across the data lifecycle, from feature engineering and model development to communicating results for stakeholders. Forest’s background in teaching and economics suggests a strength in explainability and impact-driven analytics, not just algorithmic accuracy. Though his public GitHub footprint is minimal, his cross-disciplinary education and prolonged industry tenure point to a practitioner who values clear reasoning and practical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Metairie Park Country Day SchoolData Science Immersive, Data Science Immersive at Galvanize IncBachelor's Degree, Economics, Bachelor's Degree, Economics at Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Teaching, Master of Science (M.S.), Teaching at Fordham UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
learn-co-students/nyc-mhtn-ds-102218-lectures
Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
fpolchow/nearest-neighbors-lab-data-science
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:166 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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