Thomas Shelton

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  • About me

    Entrepreneurial Manager with expertise in Business Analytics, Machine Learning & Cloud.

  • Education

    • Coursera

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      'Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform' Created & Taught by Google. Certificate, 5 COURSE SPECIALIZATION

      • Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals on Google Cloud Platform • Leveraging Unstructured Data with Cloud Dataproc on Google Cloud Platform• Serverless Data Analysis with Google BigQuery and Cloud Dataflow • Serverless Machine Learning with Tensorflow on Google Cloud Platform • Building Resilient Streaming Systems on Google Cloud Platform

    • Saint Ignatius High School, Cleveland

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    • Coursera

      2018 -
      'From Data to Insights with Google Cloud Platform' using SQL Created & Taught by Google. Certificate, 4 COURSE SPECIALIZATION
    • DataCamp

      2017 - 2018
      'Data Scientist with Python Track' , 20+COURSE SPECIALIZATION Certificate

      • Intro to Python for Data Science, • Intermediate Python for Data Science, • Data Science Toolbox (Part 1), • Data Science Toolbox (Part 2), • Importing Data (Part 1), • Importing Data (Part 2), • Cleaning Data, • pandas Foundations, • Manipulating DataFrames with pandas, • Merging DataFrames with pandas, • Introduction to Databases, • Introduction to Data Visualization, • Interactive Data Visualization with Bokeh, • Statistical Thinking (Part 1), • Statistical Thinking (Part 2),•… Show more • Intro to Python for Data Science, • Intermediate Python for Data Science, • Data Science Toolbox (Part 1), • Data Science Toolbox (Part 2), • Importing Data (Part 1), • Importing Data (Part 2), • Cleaning Data, • pandas Foundations, • Manipulating DataFrames with pandas, • Merging DataFrames with pandas, • Introduction to Databases, • Introduction to Data Visualization, • Interactive Data Visualization with Bokeh, • Statistical Thinking (Part 1), • Statistical Thinking (Part 2),• Supervised Learning with scikit-learn, • Machine Learning with the Experts: School Budgets, • Unsupervised Machine Learning, • Deep Learning with Keras, • Network Analysis ( Social, Info & Econ) Show less

    • Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

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      'Info Systems & Computer Applications' Certificates edx, 5 COURSE SPECIALIZATION
    • Stanford University

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      'Statistical Learning with R' Certificate from lagunita.stanford.edu
    • Harvard University

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      'Global Health Case Studies From a Biosocial Perspective' Edx Certificate
    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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      'Systems Thinking In Public Health' Coursera Certificate
    • ESSEC Business School

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      'Advanced Business Analytics with Accenture' Coursera Certificate
    • University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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      'Interprofessional Healthcare Informatics' Coursera Certificate
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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      'User Innovation' Coursera Certificate
    • University of Washington College of Engineering

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      'Machine Learning, a Case Study Approach' Coursera Certificate
    • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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      'Case Studies in Genetic & Personalized Medicine' Coursera Certificate
    • State University of New York College at Buffalo

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      'Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology', The goal: understand Manufacturing’s Fourth Revolution & how manufacturing is evolving with advances in digital-based tech. Coursera Certificate 7 COURSE SPECIALIZATION

      Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology Specialization. Goal is to understand Manufacturing’s Fourth Revolution. Learn how manufacturing is evolving with advances in digital-based tech.• Digital Manufacturing & Design (including digital twin)• Digital Thread: Components (i.e. Product Llifecycle Management)• Digital Thread: Implementation (i.e. Product Llifecycle Management)• Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis • Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise• Digital… Show more Digital Manufacturing & Design Technology Specialization. Goal is to understand Manufacturing’s Fourth Revolution. Learn how manufacturing is evolving with advances in digital-based tech.• Digital Manufacturing & Design (including digital twin)• Digital Thread: Components (i.e. Product Llifecycle Management)• Digital Thread: Implementation (i.e. Product Llifecycle Management)• Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis • Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise• Digital Manufacturing Commons (opendmc.org)• Cyber Security in Manufacturing Show less

    • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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      BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE (B.S.)

      Activities and Societies: Alumni, Wharton Venture Initiation Program (VIP)

    • University of California, Berkeley

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      'Marketing Analytics', Certificates Edx, 4 COURSE SPECIALIZATION
    • Harvard University

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      'Data Analysis' Certificates Edx, 4 COURSE SPECIALIZATION

      • Statistics & R programming • Linear Models & Matrix Algebra• Statistical Inference & Modeling-High-throughput Experiments • High-Dimensional Data Analysis

    • EdX

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      'AWS Developer: Building on AWS' Course Created & Taught by AWS (Amazon Web Services)
    • Columbia University in the City of New York

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      'Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics' edX certificate Columbia Univ.,DS102X
    • University of Chicago Law School

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      'The Law and Economics of Internet Giants & Media Platforms' Coursera Certificate
    • Duke University

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      'Managing Big Data with SQL' Coursera Certificate
    • The Wharton School

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      'Business Analytics' 3 COURSE SPECIALIZATION Coursera Certificate

      • Operations Analytics• Customer Analytics• People Analytics

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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      'MIT The Analytics Edge' Edx Certificate
    • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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      'Supply Chain Management' Coursera Certificate
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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      'Health Informatics (FHIR)' Coursera Certificate
    • The Wharton School

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      'Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling' Coursera Certificate
  • Experience

    • Jeremy's Microbatch Ice Creams

      Oct 1996 - Sept 1999
      Founder

      Public Company; 51-200 employees; JMIC; Consumer Goods industry• Bootstrapped from dorm room to become the youngest founder of a non-tech company on NASDAQ. • Manufacturing company that created Micro Batch Ice Cream. Pioneered into a national brand with locations in over 6,000 supermarket outlets. Developed plans to systematize internal operations.• Marketing included winning a contest for a free Super Bowl commercial which produced PR valued at $10 million.

    • Quest Growth Partners, Inc,

      Dec 1998 - Aug 2002
      Director

      • M&A advisory.• Focusing on small to medium size businesses, particularly in the Pennsylvania & Mid-Atlantic areas.

    • Business Executives for National Security

      Aug 2002 - Aug 2004
      Deputy Director, NYC

      • D.C.-based, non-partisan, National Security “Do Tank” that brings best business practices and openness to government.• Worked directly with top fortune 100 CEO's and government officials on cybersecurity, bio-preparedness and money laundering. • Led marketing and business development efforts in the Northeast region.

    • MRU Holdings

      Jul 2004 - Oct 2006
      Vice President

      • Operations and marketing at NASDAQ specialty finance company.• Worked directly with the founders on the initial build, launch and high-growth stages.• Led marketing initiatives including email marketing, online advertising and integration of lead generation companies that the Company purchased.• Oversaw project management of Company operations. • HR work included recruiting, hiring and on-boarding process.

    • People Capital

      Oct 2006 - Apr 2015
      CEO

      Student Loan and College Planning Company• Built and operated legally compliant SaaS student loan platform used by lenders, p2p and institutional investors. • Closed exclusive deal with Cardtronics (NASDAQ:CATM) to service their clients.• Provided online lead generation and marketing support to platform clients.• Raised $5+ million in venture capital throughout the recession.• Worked with professors to develop analytics for college planning, admissions and financial aid. Led the development of the patented Human Capital Score with Wharton & Harvard professors. It projects income volatility based on choices (e.g. school, major) and achievements (e.g. SAT, GPA). It measures the economic value of higher education. The Human Capital Score has an API that was tested and used by lenders, consumers and college planning companies. • Recruited and managed world class team. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GAIQ)

      Google
      Sept 2014
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    • Google Advanced Adwords Certification

      Google
      Aug 2014
      View certificate certificate
    • Google Advertising Fundamentals

      Google
      Aug 2014