James Mcelveen
Senior Data Scientist
O'Fallon, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Mcelveen is a Senior Data Scientist with a decade of experience applying ML and analytics to industrial and customer-facing problems, currently at Muck Rack after leadership roles at project44 and Grainger. He designs and ships production ML pipelines using Python, R, and SQL to automate analyses and translate stakeholder needs into measurable outcomes. His background in physics and molecular biology gives him a rigorous quantitative foundation and a knack for interpreting complex systems, from heavy machinery failure prediction to supply-chain optimization. Comfortable both managing teams and doing hands‑on modeling, he has a track record of turning domain knowledge into operational impact. Outside work he sharpens his skills on Kaggle, studies the math behind ML, and explores the political and social applications of data science.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physics at University of California, DavisUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Physical Sciences, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physical Sciences at University of Chicago
English
Github Skills (21)
equation7
systems-biology6
least-squares6
solve6
mechanics5
r4
numerical4
elasticsearch-client4
python4
modelica4
science4
etl3
data-processing3
root-finding3
elasticsearch3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jmcelve2/cheshire
Feb 2018 - Sep 2018
Solve the Schrodinger equation for a variety of 1D and 2D potentials.
Contributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 6 months
solveequationschrodinger-equationsystems-biologypotentials
jmcelve2/uptasticsearch
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
pythonsciencedata-sciencetailoredmachine-learning
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