Zach Williams
Director Of Data Science
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Williams is a data science leader with 15 years of experience applying analytics to professional basketball operations, currently serving as Director of Data Science for the Portland Trail Blazers. He progressed from basketball data analyst to Director of Basketball Analytics and now oversees team-wide data strategy, combining technical depth with operational delivery. Zach uniquely bridged NBA technical and compliance requirements as the team’s sole G League liaison during expansion, demonstrating skill in translating league rules into implementable systems. His early career building government APIs with Code for America and Google Summer of Code reflects a strong foundation in Python and public-data tooling that informs his pragmatic, production-oriented approach. Based in Portland, he merges sports domain expertise with software engineering chops to drive data-driven decision making across scouting, player development, and operations.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Psychology / Computer Science, BS, Psychology / Computer Science at Tarleton State University
Github Skills (147)
gbm10
xgboost10
dataflow10
python10
regression10
portable10
computation10
r10
gradient10
gradient-boosting10
tld10
dates10
swift10
scalable10
catboost10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
zachwill/markdrop
Oct 2011 - Dec 2013
Contributions:16 commits in 2 years 3 months
reactdrag-and-droppreviewsmarkdowndrop
codeforamerica/cfa_coder_sounds
Jun 2011 - Apr 2012
Contributions:26 commits in 10 months
americahousehookscoderscfa
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