Jugal Marfatia
Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJugal Marfatia is a data scientist with nine years of experience applying machine learning and statistical methods to real-world problems, currently building data-driven products at Meta. He brings a rare blend of academic depth—PhD in Economics and an MS in Statistics—and practical impact from roles ranging from regional forecasting at SANDAG to production-focused internships at Facebook. A Kaggle Competition Expert (top 1%) and NFL Big Data Bowl finalist, he excels at turning complex datasets into actionable insights and reproducible models. He has taught economics at the university level, reflecting strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration, and maintains a public portfolio showcasing applied projects and competition work. Notably, his forecasting tools developed for regional planning were adopted across multiple counties, demonstrating an ability to deliver tools that scale beyond prototypes.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at Western New England UniversitySan Diego State UniversityEconomics, Economics at Trinity College-HartfordMS, Statistics, MS, Statistics at Washington State University
Hindi, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
jugalm/Econometric-Models
Sep 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
jugalm/Google-trends-stock-data
Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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