Harlan Harris

About Me

PhD Data Scientist, team leader, and professional community influencer.

Location

New York, New York
Madison, Wisconsin
Education
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    August 1991 - May 1995
    degree
    Bachelor's
    major
    Computer Science
    minor
    Linguistics
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    August 1997 - August 2003
Work Experience
    WayUp
    Director of Data Science
    June 2017 - present
    company
    WayUp
    title
    Director of Data Science
    WeWork
    Director of Data Science
    December 2016 - June 2017
    The Advisory Board Company
    Director, Data Science
    June 2014 - August 2016
    Sentrana
    Solutions Architect
    June 2013 - June 2014
    Kaplan Test Prep
    DATA SCIENTIST
    September 2009 - May 2013
Fun Fact

When I was six years old, I wrote on a worksheet that when I grew up, I wanted to be either a mathematician or a farmer. (No, I didn't spell mathematician correctly!)

Passion

Food and cooking! Particularly Sichuanese and Hunanese food, and Mediterranean cuisines.

Skills
Languages
FrenchJapanese
Technical skills
gitjuliapythonr sql
Skills
Business Intelligence and Data WarehousesMachine LearningStatistical Data Analysis
Gigs / Freelance
    Data Community DC
    Co-Founder, Board Member Emeritus
    November 2011 - May 2016
Volunteer
    DataKind
Leadership
    Community of Urbana-Champaign Cooperative Housing
    Co-founder, Treasurer, President
    Author, Analyzing the Analyzers (O'Reilly, 2012)
Hobbies
Cooking
Reading
Cycling
Videos