Ryan Chrest

Ryan Chrest's work experience includes the following roles:

1. Operations Excellence Manager at Blue Ocean Barns (2022-present)

- Responsible for turning raw data into insights, direction, and decisions.

- Developed and implemented data-driven tools for leadership, operations, and management.

- Utilized statistical and decision-tree modeling and analysis of operational and product data.

- Used Airtable, Python, SQL, and Spreadsheets to build and improve a comprehensive operational model.

2. Data Analyst at J.D. Power (2021-2022)

- Served as a 3rd party Data Analyst & Consultant for US OEM Automotive Incentive teams.

- Provided strategic consultation and advice within the automotive landscape.

- Worked with disparate data and leveraged tools such as Excel, SQL (Athena SQL, hive), VBA, and Python.

3. Data Science Researcher at NSF Data Science Program at CSUN (2020-2021)

- Discovered data-driven projects and evaluated project goals.

- Strategized ways to achieve project goals and recommended new processes.

- Authored a publication on a novel method using Bayesian statistics for optimizing Epidemiological model parameters from reported counts data.

- Co-authored a publication on creating and classifying a database from scratch.

Ryan Chrest's education history includes the following:

- From 2020 to 2021, Ryan attended California State University, Northridge, where they pursued a Program in Data Science.

- From 2019 to 2021, Ryan also attended California State University, Northridge, and earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Statistics. Additionally, they pursued a Minor in Economics during the same period.

- Prior to enrolling at California State University, Northridge, Ryan studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Crafton Hills College from 2016 to 2019. However, no degree was specified for this period.

In addition to their formal education, Ryan has obtained several certifications:

- Ryan obtained the "Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals" certification from Microsoft in July 2021.

- In July 2019, Ryan received the "DATA CLEANING IN PYTHON: ADVANCED" certification from Dataquest.io.

- In June 2019, they obtained multiple certifications from Dataquest.io, including "Exploratory Data Visualization Course," "Pandas And NumPy Fundamentals Course," "Python for Data Science: Intermediate Course," "Statistics Fundamentals Course," and "Storytelling Through Data Visualization Course."

- Finally, in February 2019, Ryan obtained the "PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE: FUNDAMENTALS" certification from Dataquest.io.