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Alex Barry Colbert

Data Scientist seeking ML/AI engineering-focused role

Experienced in Knowledge Graphs, Generative AI, Geospatial Analytics.

10 years engineering, 3 years productizing data science features

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Areas of Study

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Generative AI

Prompt engineering
Fine-tuning LLMs

OpenAI GPT-3.5
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Knowledge Graphs

Centrality
Community Detection
Pathfinding

3

Geospatial Analytics

Hot Spot Analysis

ArcGIS

Previously @

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CEO @ Alyce

“It's not often you find someone incredibly technical, focused on customer outcomes and a "play for the name on the front of the jersey" attitude. ... I've been an executive in technology for 25 years and can easily say that Alex has been one of the most valuable engineers I've worked with.

 

She has the forethought and confidence to ask the hard questions around why we're doing something and then the technical chops to implement. I've seen on countless occasions where she has brought actionable insights back to the team before we've even asked the question. And her EQ is as high as her IQ."

Data Analyst @ Alyce

"During her tenure at Alyce, Alex created complex models that utilized historical data to create robust improvements to our product. I was lucky to observe her process and attention to every detail regarding this project, ranging from the legal implications to the protection of our customers' data.

Leading by example, Alex's weekly data science demos are a testament to her clarity of thought and communication skills. She was able to get all stakeholders excited about the data science projects she was responsible for, and creating a safe space for everyone to participate."

Full-stack Engineer @ HubSpot

"With regards to engineering quality, she was a steward not only for quality in her own code, but in everyone’s. When her work didn’t involve collaboration, she still took care to stay active in teammate diff reviews, and encouraged the same from her peers. She invested in adding e2e test coverage.

Aside from being a strong engineer, Alex comes from a background in education, and with that she brings traits not typically associated with the engineer archetype: empathy, teamwork, constructive feedback, humility, and up leveling those around her. If you have the opportunity to work with her, you’ll find that she’s the piece to your team didn’t know it was missing."

About

With ten years’ engineering experience on cross-functional product development teams and three years productizing data science solutions, has proven business impact with ad hoc analyses, dashboards, custom end-to-end tooling, and product features with technologies spanning the simple and reliable (like hypothesis testing and logistic regression) and cutting-edge (like graph databases and LLMs).

Known for autonomous, conscientious work, unique and flexible problem solving, an “inclusive leadership” style, and making a positive impact on company culture and data culture. Previous managers have described Alex as “master of her craft”, “able to take a project from start to completion with little help”, and “communicates technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders with ease”.

Technologies of interest: Google BigQuery, Generative AI/LLMs, Geospatial Analysis
Industries of interest: Education Tech, Green Tech

Get In Touch

If your team seeks an autonomous, thoughtful data scientist with flexible problem solving skills, let's connect.

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