Preston Burns
Director, Data Science
Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPreston Burns is a data science leader with nine years of experience translating complex biomedical and financial data into actionable insights, currently serving as Director of Data Science at Sarepta Therapeutics. He progressed rapidly through technical and leadership roles, advancing from Principal Data Scientist to director within a few years, reflecting strong delivery and team-building skills. Trained in biostatistics and holding an MS in Analytics plus a deep learning nanodegree, he blends rigorous statistical foundations with modern machine learning and practical engineering (Python, R, JavaScript, SQL). Known for quickly learning new technologies and enjoying hard problems, he connects technical work to business impact across drug development and analytics domains. Based in Bowling Green, KY, Preston pairs hands-on modeling with interpersonal strengths that help cross-functional teams adopt data-driven decisions.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Analytics, Master of Science (M.S.), Analytics at North Carolina State UniversityDeep Learning Foundation Nanodegree, Deep Learning Foundation Nanodegree at UdacityBachelor’s Degree, Biostatistics, Bachelor’s Degree, Biostatistics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English
Github Skills (45)
clinical-trials9
graphic9
jekyll-theme9
medicine9
jekyll9
highlighting8
line-chart8
nodejs7
data-cleaning7
react7
text-mining6
location6
tidyverse6
histogram6
javascript6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RhoInc/dashboard-charts
Oct 2018 - Mar 2021
Charts for Dashboards to Monitor Clinical Trials Operations
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 4 months
chartsclinical-trialsmonitorclinicaldashboards
RhoInc/crf-heat-map
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
Visualize the level of completeness of a clinical database
Contributions:9 releases, 79 PRs, 141 pushes in 1 year 7 months
clinicalvisualizedatabasedata-visualizationvisualization
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