Michael Shippy

Michael Shippy has over 8 years of work experience. In 2011, they began working as a Server at St James Gate Publick House. Michael was then an Operations Intern at Fleet Packaging in the same year, where they analyzed data and restructured processes to save the company time and money. In 2012, they began working as a Shipping and Receiving Coordinator at Reid & Wright, where they helped bring the inventory system from under 60% accuracy to over 95% accuracy. In 2014, they worked as a Readiness Coordinator and Bing Maps Geospatial Imagery Analyst at Microsoft. Michael then worked as a Shipping employee at The Pros Closet in the same year. In 2015, they began working at Uber as an R&D Support and Readiness Coordinator/Quality Support. In 2018, they became a full-time master's student in the area of Business Analytics at the University of Colorado. Since 2019, they have been working at DAS42 as an Analytics Consultant, Associate Analytics Consultant, and Consulting Team Lead. In their current role as Consulting Team Lead, they are responsible for managing both internal and client-facing teams.

Michael Shippy has a diverse educational background. Michael attended Rutgers University from 2007 to 2011, where they earned a BA in Psychology. In 2009, they studied abroad at the University College Dublin. In 2018, they returned to school and earned a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2019. In addition to their formal education, Michael has obtained several certifications, including Astronomer Certification DAG Authoring for Apache Airflow (2022), Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow Fundamentals (2021), SnowPro Core (2020), Data Analyst (2019), Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2013 (2014), LookML Developer (2020), and Associate Cloud Engineer (2019).