Alexander Booth

Experience

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  Which Wich Superior Sandwiches

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  Shift Supervisor

  Trained new hires, underwent management training, handled money at the end of the night, helped create schedules

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  Edison Theatre

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2016

  Backstage Technician

  Oversaw other work-study students while working in teams to successfully produce nationally touring productions. Work at all different positions backstage including light board, sound board, spotlight, flyrail and stage management

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  Washington University in St. Louis

  Aug 2013 - May 2016

  I showed current students and the surrounding community, including field trips from local schools, the stars. Independently studied the phases of Venus and relative positions of Jupiter’s Galilean satellites over a month and analyzed the data to determine the relative periods of the aforementioned celestial bodies. Performed rudimentary statistics on various physics experimentsHelped pitch, design, create, write, and analyze eight new labs for the introductory physics courses.Communicated ideas to professors and other PhD holders.

  • Observatory Assistant

    Jan 2013 - May 2016

  • Physics laboratory assistant

    Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
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  Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Lighting Technician

  Helped hang, focus, and light 4 different operas that were all performed in rep. Worked closely in a team to achieve success for every performance

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  Lumate

  Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

  Data Analyst Intern

  Worked with and incorporated big data computer software, Apache Hadoop and Kylin as well as MongoDB, into Lumate's basic structureWrote algorithms in Python to clean and prepare large data sets for analysisUsed ANOVA, multiple comparisons, as well as OLS modeling and time series analysis in R to search for, and understand, trends in the data to optimize Lumate’s production strategy

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  Prattle

  May 2015 - Jun 2016

  Engineered financial backtesting models formulated from time series analyses of maximum likelihood linear modeling in R to see how knowledge of different data manipulates the returns of a portfolioResearched how Prattle’s product influences stock analyses and price forecast models. Created and presented a formal presentation of my findings at the end of the summer for the CTO.Hired on part-time in the fall of 2015 to help develop a data analytics platform while finishing my degree before continuing my work fulltime in January of 2016. Show less

  • Research Associate

    Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  • Junior Financial Engineer

    May 2015 - Jan 2016
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  The Muny

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Vendor

  Designed and implemented sales strategies to encourage purchases by consumers.Focused on customer satisfaction to ensure future return sales.

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  McMaster-Carr

  Jun 2016 - Feb 2018

  Software Developer

  I create systems, based off of insights from big data, to provide a better customer experience. Currently, I develop and implement software that dynamically creates landing pages and spec searches on our website by analyzing relevant data and incorporating the results into various machine learning models. Web application development and large data analyses make up most of my current work in .Net, C#, Python, and R.

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  Texas Rangers Baseball Club

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2024

  Designing a modern data strategy to scale with team growth and enhance data analytics efficiency. Leading a team to established a cloud-based data-driven ecosystem with robust ML Ops, democratized data assets, and live streaming AI insights. Embracing Big Data as an opportunity, not a hurdle. I provide innovative and game-changing concepts by building and deploying advanced mathematical and machine learning models, performing controlled research, and investigating new baseball technologies within Baseball Operations. I help create and enhance existing baseball systems using a full stack Microsoft ASP.NET web framework comprising of SQL Server, C#, and Javascript/CSS/HTML. This web application handles and communicates insights from the recent influx of Big Data provided by various baseball data providers, including but not limited to, Statcast, Trackman, and Brooks Baseball. Analytics and investigation into the insights this data can provide are done in R and Python, with many visuals created in Tableau.

  • Assistant Director of Research & Development

    Nov 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Senior Analyst

    Sept 2019 - Nov 2022

  • Developer

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2019
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  EdX

  Feb 2019 - now

  I enhance the curriculum taught in the data science bootcamp by updating lesson plans, bug-fixing content, and recommending new areas of specialization due to the ever changing landscape of ML/AI. I teach adult learners the foundations of Data Science, Visualization, and Machine Learning over an intensive 6 month bootcamp. The bootcamp is a student-first online experience that combines collaborative, hands-on training with real-world data sets to provide learners with the tools to collect, analyze and visualize big data at scale. Assisted the SMU Data Science Bootcamp as a Teaching Assistant

  • Curriculum Engineer - Data Science

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Bootcamp Instructor - Data Science

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Bootcamp TA - Data Science

    Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
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  Databricks

  Aug 2024 - now

  Solutions Architect

  At Databricks, I work with cutting-edge technologies to help Digital Native companies solve complex data challenges and drive innovation. My focus is on designing and implementing scalable data and AI solutions that empower businesses to unlock the full potential of their data.