Summary
Lauren Tharp is a data analyst consultant and cybersecurity-minded data scientist with eight years of experience and a strong foundation in Python, machine learning, NLP, and information assurance. She progressed through technical roles at MITRE—building high-accuracy document classifiers, leading sentiment analysis and malicious-activity detection efforts, and productionizing ETL and models on Spark—before moving into consulting. Lauren pairs academic rigor (MS in Computer Science with a security concentration) with hands-on prototyping and metrics-driven evaluation, and she has presented work to large technical audiences. Her background in theater costume construction and early research in delay-tolerant networks hints at a practical, detail-oriented creativity that complements her analytical strengths.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science Concentration in Information Assurance and Security, Master of Science - MS Computer Science Concentration in Information Assurance and Security at Tennessee Technological University
B.A Computer Science, B.A Computer Science at DePauw University
Italian, English