Micah Melling
Data Scientist
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Melling is a data scientist and leader with 10 years of experience building production ML systems that have driven multi-million-dollar impact across insurance and finance. As Chief Data Scientist at Americo he built and led teams that delivered state-of-the-art underwriting engines, LLM-driven automation, fraud detection, and algorithmic trading for a billion-dollar portfolio. He combines hands-on expertise in Python, MLOps, cloud (AWS), and NLP with a track record of deploying end-to-end solutions from requirements to cloud production. Earlier roles at Spring Venture Group saw him scale real-time lead routing and bidding systems that powered record sales and routed millions of leads annually. Micah also teaches and develops curricula, reflecting a commitment to translating complex analytics into practical business outcomes. Based in Kansas City, he blends technical depth with product-focused delivery and a demonstrated knack for turning manual workflows into automated, high-value systems.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Institute for Leadership in the Americas, Institute for Leadership in the Americas at Universidad de los Andes (CL)Professional Certificate Data Science, Professional Certificate Data Science at Georgetown UniversityClinton High SchoolMasters of Science in Business Intelligence and Analytics, Masters of Science in Business Intelligence and Analytics at Rockhurst UniversityBSBA Economics and Management, BSBA Economics and Management at University of Central Missouri
English, SpanishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
micahmelling/auto-shap
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:20 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
micahmelling/baseballdatascience
Jul 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:115 commits, 113 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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