CV

Basics

Name Spencer Veatch
Label Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer
Email scveatch@willamette.edu
Phone 503-538-4540

Education

  • B.A.
    Willamette University
    Economics
  • B.S.
    Willamette University
    Data Science
  • M.S.
    Willamette University
    Data Science

Work

  • Sep. 2023 - June 2024
    Student Tutor
    QUAD Center, Willamette University
    Provided tutoring in Statistics, Computer Science, and Data Science, supported multiple computing languages, and contributed to student research projects.
    • Provided one-on-one and small group tutoring to undergraduate and graduate students in Statistics, Computer Science, and Data Science.
    • Helped with a wide range of subjects including study design, data cleaning, data visualization, analysis, modeling, and data communication.
    • Supported a diverse range of computing languages including R, Python, and C/C++.
    • Proficiently troubleshooted issues, explained intricate programming and mathematical concepts, and actively contributed to the design of effective solutions for a wide variety of student research projects.
  • June 2023 - Present
    Data Scientist
    Renewable Resources Group
    Developed machine learning pipelines for climate and satellite data, created high-resolution irrigation estimates, and optimized algorithms for large-scale datasets.
    • Created a machine learning pipeline that ingests and processes diverse climate and satellite data.
    • Developed and implemented a model to generate projections of climate similarity at 25 year increments based on a user-provided point, producing high-resolution and user-friendly output rasters for efficient decision making.
    • Engineered a cutting-edge, multi-modal model to produce high-resolution irrigation estimates from satellite images and soil moisture data.
    • Optimized algorithms and developed parallelized solutions to improve feature engineering processes and enable seamless handling of large-scale datasets, leading to a significant reduction in runtime.

Awards

  • Dale T. Mortensen Scholarship
    Willamette University
    A prestigious full tuition scholarship awarded annually to one student who displays outstanding achievement in both Economics and Mathematics.
  • Outstanding Student Research
    Consortium for Computing Sciences Northwest
    This award acknowledges outstanding achievement in both the quality and content of computer science research, as well as exemplary presentation skills.

Skills

Technical Skills
Rstudio
Python
C/C++
ArcGIS
SQL
CUDA
Tensorflow
Pytorch
Docker
Linux
Spark/pyspark
AWS
SageMaker
Numpy
Matplotlib
Seaborn
ggplot2
Tableau
Git