Michael Keith
Analytics Manager at Western Governors University
South Jordan, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Keith is a data science leader with 8 years of experience building forecasting and analytics solutions across public health and enterprise settings, currently serving as Director of Data Science and Analytics for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. He combines rigorous applied-economics training with hands-on engineering—authored the open-source Python package scalecast and builds production Python apps to automate data pipelines and Core Set reporting. His work spans time-series forecasting, Medicaid enrollment modeling, budgeting analytics, and marketing revenue forecasting from roles at state government, Disney, and consulting firms. A practiced communicator and mentor, he translates complex economic and statistical insights into actionable recommendations for non-technical stakeholders and teaches cohorts through Great Learning. Notably, he brings a rare mix of public-sector domain expertise and open-source tooling that speeds reproducible forecasting in policy contexts.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Applied Economics, 3.97 / 4, Master of Science (M.S.), Applied Economics, 3.97 / 4 at Florida State UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Business Management, 3.84 / 4, Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Management, 3.84 / 4 at Utah Valley University
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Github Skills (26)
prediction-model10
python10
data-science10
pandas10
prophet10
machine-learning10
time-series10
recurrent-neural-networks10
manipulation10
forecasting10
keras10
lstm10
deep-learning10
scikit-learn10
data-manipulation9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mikekeith52/scalecast
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
The practitioner's forecasting library
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 56 commits in 1 year 7 months
forecastingpythondata-sciencedeep-learningpractitioner
mikekeith52/AllStatesForecast
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:30 commits, 127 pushes in 9 months
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