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I'm Jack.

Data analyst & engineer — data modeling, ETL pipelines, and analytics.

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My Story So Far

Furman University
Bachelor's Degrees
Furman University
May 2025
Graduated with four degrees: B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Data Analytics, B.S. in Applied Mathematics, B.A. in Business Administration, and B.S. in Information Technology. 3.6/4.0 GPA.
2026
Shoals Technologies Group
Data Analyst
Shoals Technologies Group
Data liaison on a company-wide CPQ/CRM/ERP modernization, designing a 300+ table enterprise data model (DBML) and a bitemporal PostgreSQL source of truth.
SQL Python DBML PostgreSQL Data Modeling Data Quality Salesforce Tableau
2025
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Furman Engaged 2025
Furman Engaged 2025
Furman University
Presentation to the student body on my research with Walt Disney World Resort from May 2024. Improved seating efficiency on the Tower of Terror ride by 5%, translating to an additional $20.8M per year in ticket sales.
R Python JavaScript HTML/CSS GGPlot2
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DataFest 2025
DataFest 2025
Furman University
Weekend-long data analytics competition against students from Furman and Emory. Won "Best Visualization" with two teammates.
Python Matplotlib Pandas Excel
2024
GitHub →
Chess Match Analysis
Chess Match Analysis
Independent
Engineered 48 features from 3500 personal chess games using the Chess.com API to predict the outcomes of my games with XGBoost. Identified loss-prone patterns and achieved a 15% increase in my win percentage. Rebuilt in 2026 as an end-to-end AWS + Databricks pipeline — see Chess Data Pipeline and Analysis⁠.
Python Pandas Matplotlib XGBoost
BMW Group Research
Data Quality and Assembly Line Researcher
BMW Group
Uncovered discrepancies between 2 internal defect reporting datasets using statistical tests. Launched and maintained a production Flask-based internal website to forecast and monitor assembly line bottlenecks in real time, assisting managers in reallocating resources to minimize downtime.
Flask JavaScript HTML/CSS Model Deployment
The Walt Disney Company
Attraction Efficiency Researcher
The Walt Disney Company
Collected 1100 data points on party sizes and seat utilization on Hollywood Studios' Tower of Terror to model and evaluate 7 seating strategies. Presented a human-implementable strategy that reduced unfilled seats and wait time by 5%, adding 480 riders per day.
R GGPlot2
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Furman Engaged 2024
Furman Engaged 2024
Furman University
Presentation to the student body on my research on factors affecting diastolic blood pressure of pregnant women. Challenged traditional indicators of maternal health such as age and blood sugar, while identifying body temperature as an underappreciated factor.
R Tidyverse GGPlot2 Data Visualization
DataFest 2024
DataFest 2024
Wake Forest University
Weekend-long data analytics competition against students from Furman and Wake Forest. Finalist with three teammates.
Python Pandas Matplotlib Excel
2023
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Maternal Health Risk Prediction
Maternal Health Risk Prediction
Furman University
Statistics in R final project analyzing Kaggle dataset of 1200 pregnant women using 8 regression models including Ridge and LASSO. Data pipeline built in R. Co-authored 40-page report and presented to technical and non-technical audiences.
R Tidyverse GGPlot2 Data Pipelining
Camps Kitchen and Bar
Sales Data Analyst
Camps Kitchen and Bar
Combined and cleaned monthly sales summaries to explore relationships between quantity sold, location, payment type, and revenue composition. Presented findings to management for business decision support.
Excel Tableau
2021
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Spotify Success Prediction
Spotify Success Prediction
Furman University
Machine learning project analyzing Spotify track features to predict song success metrics. Applied classification algorithms and feature engineering techniques to identify key factors in music popularity.
R Tidyverse GGPlot2 Feature Selection
Belvedere Direct Lending Advisors
Graphic Design and Marketing Assistant
Belvedere Direct Lending Advisors
Developed marketing campaigns resulting in 100% increase of professional LinkedIn connections. Curated client lists based on business requirements, increasing direct mailing list by 30%.
Excel
Walton High School
High School Diploma
Walton High School
June 2021
Graduated from Walton's STEM Engineering program. Completed four courses in engineering, four in physics, five in math, and three in computer science. Passed 13/15 AP exams and scored a 35 on the ACT on my only attempt.

Skills

🛠️ Software

Databricks
AWS
Tableau
GitHub
Excel

💻 Languages

SQL
PostgreSQL
DBML
Python
Bash
R
Java
JavaScript
HTML/CSS

📚 Libraries & Frameworks

Pandas
Flask
XGBoost
TensorFlow
Matplotlib
Tidyverse
GGPlot2

⚡ Technical Experience

Data Pipelining
Data Warehousing
ETL Pipelines
Data Modeling
Root Cause Analysis
Exploratory Analysis
Feature Selection
Model Selection
Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Decision Trees
Neural Networks
Transformers
Statistical Tests
Model Deployment
Data Visualization
Technical Presentations
Non-Technical Presentations
Requirements Gathering
Web Development

Get to Know Me

Does Jack prefer waffles or pancakes?
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DataFest 2025 Presentation