Jeff Spagnola

Experience

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  EOAE Entertainment

  Jun 2008 - Jul 2012

  Owner

  - Coordinated an average of 25 live music events per year, ranging from 150 to 2500 attendees- Amplified average sales while handling all talent buying, scheduling, promotion and staffing for all events- Handled all promotional efforts including print, traditional media, social media, and guerilla marketing tactics

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  Motor Media USA

  Sept 2012 - May 2020

  Director, Events & Activation

  - Produced and directed large scale festivals, corporate events, brand activation events, and guerilla marketing campaigns that consistently exceeded expectations in both attendance and overall experience- Acted as a liaison between the client and all necessary parties, focusing on client needs - Brought the office into the 21st century by introducing cloud storage, networking, and updating most internal processes - Managed an average of 12 events/activations per year - Coordinated successful campaigns with Sony Pictures, Lyft, NFL, Roush Performance, Classic Car Club, and more Show less

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  Mesa Music Festival/Jersey Shore Festival

  May 2013 - Apr 2020

  Production Director

  - Produced annual large scale emerging artist music festivals averaging 15,000+ attendees & 300+ performers - Expanded the scope of the festivals by consistently adding new elements like action sports, networking events, parties, and more- Boosted both attendance and revenue on a consistent yearly basis by more than 15%, with increases in local economic impact- Handled all communication with festival talent and production crew while managing an event staff of 20 to 50 people Show less

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  Flatiron School

  Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

  Data Science Immersive Student

  Skilled up in Python, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in this 15-week intensive training program. As part of the program I attended lectures, completed individual and group programming assignments, code challenges and projects to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of both the theory and applications necessary to become a Data Science professional. Projects:• Deepfake Image Detection - github.com/spags093/dsc-capstone-project-v2-onl01-dtsc-ft-070620Built a system that predicts whether an image is real or a deepfake with 97% accuracy and deployed the model to an app.+ Obtained 140k+ images, both real and deepfakes, from multiple datasets of human face images+ Developed several CNN models to predict between real and deepfake images, achieving a 97% accuracy+ Deployed to an app where users can test the model with a single image• Detecting Disaster Tweets - github.com/spags093/dsc-mod-4-project-v2-1-onl01-dtsc-ft-070620Used NLP & Deep Learning to analyze disaster related tweets to make a social media monitor that determines whether a tweet is in reference to a disaster.+ Utilized NLP & visualizations to analyze sentiment of over 11,000 tweets associated with disaster keywords+ Developed several machine learning models resulting in an 89% accurate Stacking Classifier+ Implemented several LSTM Networks resulting in 90% accurate predictions• Global Terrorism Analysis - github.com/spags093/dsc-mod-3-project-v2-1-onl01-dtsc-ft-070620Analyzed terrorist attack data and used machine learning models to determine the factors of successful attacks in order to evaluate current security protocols. + Obtained, scrubbed, and analyzed data on 181,000 terrorist attacks between 1997 and 2017+ Created exploratory visuals to understand trends of attacks for determining prevention methods+ Developed a series of machine learning models resulting in a 96% accurate Stacking Classifier Show less

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  Deloitte

  Apr 2021 - now

  • Solution Analyst

    May 2023 - now

  • Technology Solution Associate

    Apr 2021 - May 2023