Kyle Degrave is a Senior Data Scientist with a decade of experience turning complex, large-scale datasets into actionable models that drive business outcomes, most recently leading ML initiatives at WebMD Ignite and now at Jewelers Mutual Group. He combines a PhD-level research background in astronomy and helioseismology with practical production skills—PySpark, Databricks, BigQuery—and a track record of migrating on-prem workflows to scalable cloud training pipelines. Kyle has applied NLP and propensity modeling to healthcare products, built churn and review-classification systems that reduced manual effort, and prototypes generative-AI solutions like audio summarization and marketing automation. Comfortable bridging research and product, he excels at improving model performance and data infrastructure while uncovering nonobvious behavioral signals across provider–consumer interactions.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy at New Mexico State University
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at Michigan State University
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