Summary
Mark Labovitz is a data science faculty and seasoned statistician with 11+ years applying predictive modeling, NLP, and machine-statistical learning across industries from finance and healthcare to telecommunications and government. Based at UC Berkeley, he combines a deep academic foundation (PhD and multiple advanced degrees) with extensive consulting experience, helping organizations evaluate, outsource, or build in-house data science capabilities. He is skilled in non-parametric and extreme-value modeling, econometrics, decision-modeling, and large-scale analysis using open-source tools—especially R. Known for translating methodological rigor into actionable business insights, he often serves as an independent reviewer of models and analytical programs. A practical advisor as well as a researcher, he helps reduce uncertainty around data science adoption and rapidly generate measurable success stories for clients.
11 years of coding experience
University of Washington
PhD, PhD at Penn State University
ApSc, ApSc at The George Washington University
PhD, PhD at University of Colorado Denver
MBA, MBA at University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
MS, MS at Regis University