Darren Maynard
Los Angeles,
Summary
- Experienced data scientist at a Department of Defense research laboratory
- Member of a multidisciplinary team of statisticians/mathematicians/computer scientists/software engineers
- Broad skillset: data analysis/statistics/machine learning, data engineering, cybersecurity/OSINT tools
- Active Secret Clearance
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Data Scientist
Northrop Grumman / Peraton
Monterey, CA
12.2018 - Current
- Research and development of machine learning techniques for military threat detection
- Presentations delivered to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Managing high-dimensional datasets (>50,000 features, 100 million rows)
- Modeling of time-to-event data through Hazards/AFT/GEE/logistic regression models
- Modeling of longitudinal and rare events datasets (base rate < 1/3000)
- Creation of data pipeline to generate a repository of features for use in analysis and statistical/ML models
- Use of OSINT/cybersecurity tools for network threat detection
Data Scientist / Analyst
Fox Networks Group
Los Angeles, CA
10.2017 - 12.2018
Statistical Data Analyst / Data Analyst
Education Management Systems / Education Dynamics
06.2014 - 10.2018
Education
Master of Science - Applied Statistics
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester2017
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
California State University, Northridge
Los Angeles, CA2014
Skills
- Statistical Methods - Survival Analysis, Bootstrapping, Bayesian Methods (MCMC), Mixed Models, Generalized Estimating Equations
- Machine Learning Techniques - Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Clustering, Deep Learning, NLP
- Causal Inference (conditioning, propensity scores/matching, IPW, causal DAGs)
- Model Validation (cross validation, forward chaining, residual analysis, outlier detection)
- Python/R/SQL/Typescript/Bash
- Skilled in handling of large datasets (ie not fitting in memory) and modeling of rare events data
- Data Engineering/Data Pipelines and skilled with PySpark/Airflow/Parquet
- Experienced with Cybersecurity/Pentesting toolsets (eg Metasploit, Exploit-DB/Searchsploit, nmap, packet analysis)
- Additional skills: AWS/EC2/RDS, Linux, Docker, OSINT tools/data (Open Source Intelligence)
Timeline
Principal Data Scientist
Northrop Grumman / Peraton
12.2018 - Current
Data Scientist / Analyst
Fox Networks Group
10.2017 - 12.2018
Statistical Data Analyst / Data Analyst
Education Management Systems / Education Dynamics
06.2014 - 10.2018
Master of Science - Applied Statistics
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
California State University, Northridge