Paul Van Der Laken
Lead Data Scientist
North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Van Der Laken is a Lead Data Scientist with eight years of experience building data-driven products, teams and processes across industry and academia. He combines a PhD in HR Analytics with hands-on delivery of dashboards, process automation and AI/ML models, favouring agile, impact-first approaches that ship minimal viable solutions quickly. His background spans global companies (Shell, Unilever, Mars) and startups, plus teaching roles at EAISI and JADS, which reflects a blend of practical product leadership and academic rigour. Known for turning 50% of the information into daily progress, he prioritises clear goals, short feedback loops and team culture so work stays effective—and enjoyable.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School E&M, High School E&M at Stedelijk Gymnasium BredaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) HR Analytics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) HR Analytics at Tilburg University
Github Skills (29)
r-package10
tidymodels10
linear-models10
mixed-models10
predictive10
cross-validation10
interpretable-machine-learning9
predictive-modeling9
iml9
network-visualization5
r4
grammar3
graph-visualization3
visualization3
graph3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
paulvanderlaken/ppsr
Dec 2020 - Sep 2021
R implementation of Predictive Power Score
Contributions:2 releases, 157 commits, 28 PRs in 8 months
r-packageimltidymodelslinear-modelsrstats
paulvanderlaken/generative-art
Dec 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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