Russell Burdt
Staff Data Scientist, Fleet Ops
California, United States
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Top SchoolRussell Burdt is a Staff Data Scientist specializing in fleet operations with over a decade of experience applying data-driven solutions across semiconductor manufacturing, telematics, and autonomous vehicle systems. He blends deep applied-physics training (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, UC San Diego) with hands-on production ML—building large-scale collision prediction models for a million-vehicle fleet and predictive maintenance for high-power laser modules. Russell has a track record of being the first data scientist in multiple organizations, creating shared Python libraries, automated processing pipelines on AWS, and interactive TB-scale geospatial visualizations that turned domain complexity into operational tools. Comfortable at the intersection of field engineering and data science, he designs systems that empower engineers in both factory and fleet settings. Based in California, he’s known for translating advanced physical-system expertise into practical, production-ready analytics that reduce downtime and improve safety.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoUniversity of Missouri
Portuguese
Stackoverflow
2,523reputation
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Github Skills (24)
visualization10
bokeh10
jupyter10
ipywidgets10
console9
javascript9
holoviews9
python9
data-visualisation9
browser9
altair9
pyodide9
data-visualization8
notebook8
ipython7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
russellburdt/data-science
Apr 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:86 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
russellburdt/pyrb
Jan 2017 - Jun 2020
Contributions:51 commits, 121 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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