Avery Smith

Founder @ Data Analytics Accelerator - I help people land their first data job (even with no prior experience)

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

About

Hey! I'm Avery! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป My mission is to help working professionals break into data science. Let's connect! ๐Ÿš€ Creator of Data Career Jumpstart; the data bootcamp that helps you start your data career by building an online portfolio full of projects! Course includes: 1) Data Skills (Python, R, SQL, Data Viz, ect) 2) How To Do Projects & Build A Data Portfolio 3) How To Build Your Personal Brand 4) How To Land Your Dream Job That Is Remote, High-Paying, and Fun ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ“ง Sign Up To Get Updates: DataCareerJumpstart.com! โ›ฐ Running an analytics firm called Snow Data Science where we take on all sorts of data projects. From building custom dashboards, to predictions via machine learning, we are helping organizations utilize the power of their data. Have a project in mind? Send me a DM. Or visit, SnowDataScience.org. ๐Ÿ€ Landed a project with the Utah Jazz via LinkedIn post โ›ฝ Ex-ExxonMobil Data Scientist: solved complex supply chain problems, made beautiful data visuals, and taught data science to 300+ engineers! 2x company wide analytics champion. ๐Ÿ”ฌ I fell in love with data at Vaporsens. I was hooked on finding meaning and insight from their chemical sensor data. The feeling was addicting. I felt like a super hero. I've never looked back. ๐Ÿ“• First author published as undergrad in IFAC. Novel research on anomaly detection in manufacturing data using machine learning. Feel free to read: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896319309073 ๐Ÿ“Š I am obsessed with data. Don't believe me? My dog has her own fitbit ๐Ÿถ My iPhone app usage has a dashboard ๐Ÿ“ฑ My Chick-Fil-A visits are already predicted for next month ๐Ÿฅ I run, breath, and sleep data ๐Ÿ“Š What more proof can I give? ๐Ÿคช ๐Ÿ’ฌ Message me to talk about: How to break into data science, how to build a data science portfolio, and how to build a personal brand. Find me on: ๐ŸŒ DataCareerJumpstart.com ๐Ÿ’ป GitHub: https://github.com/AveryData ๐ŸŽฅ YouTube: AVery Data ๐Ÿ“ท Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacareerjumpstart/ โœ๏ธ Medium: https://medium.com/@averyjs ๐ŸŽ‰ TikTok: @verydata ๐Ÿ“ง Sign Up To Get Updates On My Latest Course: DataCareerJumpstart.com!

Experience

  • Data Career Jumpstart (5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Data Scientist
      Aug 2021 - Present ยท 5 yrs

      ๐Ÿš€ Helping professionals break into data science Data Career Jumpstart is an online, data science school designed to teach you data science by doing practical, personal projects, enabling you to build an online portfolio that blows recruiters minds ๐Ÿคฏ

    • Chief Job Finding Officer
      Nov 2023 - Present ยท 2 yrs 9 mos

      Analyze data!

    • Podcast Host
      May 2021 - Present ยท 5 yrs 3 mos

      Check this out at Data Career Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!

  • Data Scientist at Snow Data Science
    Jan 2021 - Present ยท 5 yrs 7 mos

    โ›ฐ๏ธ Snow Data Science is an analytics firm that provides data solutions ๐Ÿ“ซ Send me a DM if youโ€™d like to learn more about our services We offer the following services: โ–ช๏ธ Machine Learning โ–ช๏ธ Data Visualization โ–ช๏ธ Algorithm Development โ–ช๏ธ Data Sourcing โ–ช๏ธ Data Cleaning โ–ช๏ธ Dashboard / Web App

  • Data Engineer Mentor at MIT Professional Education
    Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

  • Data Scientist at ExxonMobil
    Jun 2019 - Jan 2021 ยท 1 yr 8 mos

    - Developed tool to make automated, data-driven decisions to improve capital planning ($330M/year) - Created enterprise-wide web application via cloud computing to democratize manufacturing data to all engineers - Lead US wide analytics interest network of 200+ providing advice, expertise, and training - Modeled complex supply chain processes that include 3,000+ variables to provide economic clarity via predictive analytics - 3x company-wide data analytics competition champion that included 100+ participants

  • Data Scientist at Vaporsens
    Oct 2018 - Jun 2019 ยท 9 mos

    - Implemented machine learning and advanced algorithms to identify and quantify unknown chemicals - Solely responsible for all analytics in startup company - Generated 30% revenue growth through convincing data visualizations and customer relations - Performed and presented data analysis to Fortune 500 companies to secure collaborations