Hi, I'm Jeff

Jeff Keller

Lead Data Scientist at E Inc.

Experienced Data Scientist with strong statistics, technology, and consulting skills. Adept at conveying complex concepts to audiences of varying technical abilities. Expert in modern “full-stack” statistics, relevant technologies, and bringing value directly to business applications.

Jeff lives with his lovely wife Valerie in Georgia, Vermont, where they have resided since 2017.

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Principal Data Scientist
E INC

Aug 2022 - Present, Burlington, VT

E INC is on a mission to create the best digital auction and retailing platform in the world by connecting the automotive wholesale and retail experiences—two worlds that have historically been kept apart—together.

Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for scaling the company’s Data Science discipline in an AWS cloud environment
  • Partnered with Engineering and Infrastructure leadership to establish highly reusable patterns for frictionless continual delivery of Data Science products
  • Developed a wholesale vehicle recommendation engine to support Product, Marketing, and Operations use cases
  • Delivered and enhanced a vehicle pricing engine to support business critical financial products
  • Regular advisor to the architecture and implementation of the company’s rapidly growing Data Lake and Data Warehouse

Cox Automotive

Sep 2016 - Aug 2022, Burlington, VT

Cox Automotive is an Atlanta-based business unit of Cox Enterprises, formed in 2014 to consolidate all of Cox’s global automotive businesses, including Kelley Blue Book, Xtime, Autotrader.com, and Manheim.

Lead Data Scientist

Jan 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Invented an enterprise hierarchical Bayesian Markov modeling capability for marketing attribution, budget optimization, customer intervention, and session valuation
  • Developed a joint glmnet + Random Forest model to optimize Search ad campaigns
  • Pioneered cloud-first Data Science ModelOps patterns and infrastructure
  • Deployed and administrated Data Science workbench, publishing, and deployment platforms and environments
  • Mentored a group of 8 to 12 junior and senior Data Scientists
Senior Data Scientist

Sep 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Designed and productionized an enterprise consumer vehicle recommendation engine
  • Built Random Forest models to predict vehicle sales from anonymous website activity
  • Led the Data Science organization’s transition into the cloud (AWS)
  • Created R and Python packages to increase productivity of other Data Scientists
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RSG

Jun 2010 - Sep 2016, Burlington, VT

RSG applies unmatched research and analytics to inform clients’ strategy and planning, helping organizations make critical decisions with confidence.

Lead Analyst

Jan 2014 - Sep 2016

  • Designed and implemented novel agent-based economic simulation models for government policy and scenario planning use-cases
  • Productionized and integrated embedded machine learning business applications
  • Designed and implemented advanced agent-based micro-, meso-, and macro-scale economic simulation models
  • Developed custom data ETL and warehousing tools
Senior Analyst

Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Developed statistical models of consumer purchase behavior for optimizing prices and product configurations
  • Designed research experiments to quantify consumer preferences and willingness-to-pay
  • Segmented and personified customer audiences using latent class clustering techniques

Projects

Loot of Lima Companion App
Loot of Lima Companion App
Developer Aug 2020 - Present

Companion web app for the treasure hunt-themed deduction tabletop game, Loot of Lima.

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KeyboardSimulator
KeyboardSimulator
Developer Dec 2018 - Present

A Windows R package for simulating keyboard and mouse inputs.

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OpenMFD
OpenMFD
Developer Dec 2018 - Present

An in-development FLOSS companion app for space and flight simulator games such as Star Citizen. Connect a tablet or other device to your PC to create a Multi-Functional Display (MFD).

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SGFD Water Rates
SGFD Water Rates
Developer Aug 2020 - Present

A web application/calculator of the 2021 metered water rate system with tiered pay scales for the community of 190 households in the South Georgia Fire District of Vermont.

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RSGHB
RSGHB
Maintainer May 2015 - Sep 2016

Functions for estimating models using a Hierarchical Bayesian (HB) framework. The flexibility comes in allowing the user to specify the likelihood function directly instead of assuming predetermined model structures.

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Best Poster ART 2014

Best Paper TRB

ABJ70 Member (2014-2017)