Summary
Mark Druffel is a Lead Data Scientist based in Portland, Oregon, with nine years of hands-on experience translating analytics into business impact across retail, healthcare, and financial services. He progressed from audit and reporting roles into analytics consulting and senior data analysis before leading data science efforts at 84.51˚, giving him a rare blend of audit rigor and product-focused modeling. Mark holds an MS in Business Analytics from Notre Dame and a BBA in MIS/Finance/Accounting, which underpin his strength in building auditable, stakeholder-aligned analytics solutions. He excels at bridging technical teams and business leaders to operationalize models at scale and improve decision-making across organizations. Unusually for a data scientist, his early finance and audit background informs a meticulous approach to data governance and reproducibility.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Political Science and Government, Political Science and Government at West Virginia University
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Management Information Systems, Finance, Accounting at Ohio University
Master of Science (MS), Business Analytics, Master of Science (MS), Business Analytics at University of Notre Dame
English, Spanish