Summary
Jason Mastbaum is a Senior Data Scientist with over a decade of analytical and research experience and four years focused in data science, specializing in big-data engineering, visualization, and modeling for defense and government clients. He has led Palantir Foundry and PySpark efforts to improve Army logistics and deployed a RAG system on Foundry for querying policy and contract documents, while also building Tableau dashboards for multi-billion-dollar recovery spending oversight. His background in applied physics and early work on plasma stability and statistical reliability analysis inform a rigorous, quantitative approach to modeling and forecasting emerging technologies for DoD, DHS, and CISA. Comfortable on small interdisciplinary teams or large multi‑stakeholder projects, he blends hands-on engineering, AI subject-matter expertise, and clear data storytelling to turn complex government datasets into actionable recommendations.
4 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Physics, B.A., Physics at Bard College
M.S., Applied Physics, M.S., Applied Physics at Columbia University
B1 Language Certificate, German, B1 Language Certificate, German at Collegium Palatinum
German