Max Candocia
Data Scientist
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Candocia is a data scientist with 12 years of experience applying machine learning and statistical modeling in R and Python, focused on NLP services, classification engines, and production-ready analytics. He holds a Master's in Statistics (Analytics) from the University of Illinois and combines rigorous academic training with hands-on software development across startups and enterprise environments. His background spans fraud analytics at TransUnion, applied research and detector data analysis in academia, and building APIs that let users iteratively improve tagging models. Projects include reinforcement learning, image classification, Bayesian analysis for marketing, and end-to-end systems that bridge prototyping and deployment. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he favors practical, data-driven solutions and has a demonstrated habit of publishing technical reflections and improvements on his personal site. He is seeking a full-time data scientist role where he can turn experimental models into measurable business impact.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
4,365reputation
974kreached
92answers
76questions
r
top-5%
Github Skills (23)
scrape10
reddit10
praw10
gpx10
r9
api9
oauth9
csv9
database8
python8
cluster-analysis6
dplyr6
ggplot6
windows6
plot6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mcandocia/fit_processing
Aug 2018 - Sep 2021
Convert Garmin FIT (or GPX) to CSV and censor files
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 3 years 2 months
csvgpx
mcandocia/reddit_posting
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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