Matthew D.

I’m Matt, a U.S.-based Data Scientist and AI Consultant with an M.S. in Data Science from Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. I help clients understand, visualize, and act on their data—translating advanced machine learning and AI concepts into clear business insights. With experience spanning finance, healthcare, and analytics consulting, I specialize in designing solutions that balance technical depth with practical clarity. Clients hire me to communicate complex models simply, advise on strategy, and deliver production-ready systems that executives can trust. My core services include: AI & ML Consulting: Business problem scoping, model design Machine Learning Engineering: Predictive modeling, feature pipelines, optimization, and deployment Natural Language Processing: Text classification, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, summarization, and retrieval Data Visualization & Storytelling: Dashboards and reports for stakeholders (Plotly, Dash, Streamlit, Power BI, ggplot2) Client Communication: Presenting findings, running client meetings, and translating technical work for non-technical teams My technical skills include: Languages: Python, R, SQL, NoSQL (MongoDB) Frameworks: scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow, spaCy, Hugging Face, BERTopic Visualization: Plotly, Dash, Streamlit, ggplot2, Power BI MLOps & Cloud: AWS (SageMaker, S3, Lambda), MLflow, Prefect, Docker, Git Databases: PostgreSQL, Hive, MS SQL, MongoDB Selected Experience: Deutsche Bank – Anti-Financial Crime Modeling Developed anomaly-detection models that improved fraud detection precision while maintaining interpretability. Epic Systems – Healthcare Analytics Built readmission risk and quality-metric models using claims and registry data. Political Data Dashboards Created interactive demographic and voter-trend dashboards used by advocacy and policy groups. Financial Forecasting Modeled stock-market and economic indicator trends with advanced time-series and sentiment features. NLP Summarization Deployed transformer-based summarizers for long-form financial reports and research analysis. Communication & Delivery Clients value my ability to bridge the technical and strategic. I routinely: Lead and participate in client meetings to align business goals with technical design Present data findings in clear, jargon-free language to executives and stakeholders Provide written reports, annotated notebooks, and reproducible deliverables Manage timelines, expectations, and transparency from start to finish Approach Every engagement starts with one question: “What decision needs to be made?” I design data workflows and AI systems that make those decisions faster, more accurate, and more explainable. Each project ends with clean, interpretable, and documented outputs—ready for production or presentation.