Mark Raj

Mark Raj is a skilled Data Engineer currently working at Lightbird since July 2023. Prior experience includes a Data Analytics Internship at The New York Times, where significant contributions were made to the Platforms Analytics Team by developing a dashboard for system performance monitoring and creating ETL pipelines using SQL and Google BigQuery. Mark has also served as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt University, where machine learning models were developed for soil particle classification and nurse survey analysis. Additional roles include a Teaching Assistant position at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, an internship at NBCUniversal, and a software engineering internship at HiveDesk. Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics from Vanderbilt University and has studied Data Science at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Mark's educational background began with a high school diploma focused on Math, Science, and Technology from duPont Manual High School.