we are collaborators.
we are creative.
we joke around.
we use both sides of our brain.
We are a team of passionate data scientists / entrepreneurs / designers. Our culture promotes exploration, learning, and diversity of thought. We use open source tools when possible, contribute to the open source community, and engage in projects that will likely have a positive contribution to society.
the team
Aaron Wolf
data scientist, partner
A former investment banker who saw the light, Aaron strives to maximize business value by integrating data into a company’s decision making process. read more
Dean Malmgren
co-founder, data scientist, partner
Grossed out by jargon, Dean is passionate about “leveraging” the “synergy” between “big data” and “infographics” to design analytics for humans. read more
Laurie Skelly
data scientist
Laurie loves to explore the data behind the story and find the stories within the data. read more
Mike Stringer
co-founder, data scientist, partner
A physicist gone wild, Mike loves using data to solve problems and help create fact-based views of the world. read more
Brian Lange
data scientist
A disciple in the church of the iterative design process, Brian delights in getting to the heart of people’s problems and designing analysis, software, and interface to solve them. read more
Irmak Sirer
data scientist
Irmak likes to think of unique solutions with data while wearing sunglasses and walking away from explosions in slow motion. read more
Bo Peng
data scientist
Bo is an alien (only according to the US government) who is curious about how data can shape and improve the way people think. read more
we are hiring
accolades
Mike interviewed at Strata 2013
Discusses of e-discovery project with Mac Slocum
Complex Systems View of Educational Policy Research
Study by Datascope Analytics published in Science.
The role of mentorship on protege performance
Study by Datascope Analytics published in Nature.
'Sorry I Haven't Written': A Scientific Explanation
The randomness of when we write letters and why.
How Would Einstein Use E-mail?
Letter writers of yore had same correspondence patterns as E-mail users today
On Universality in Human Correspondence Activity
Study by Datascope Analytics published in Science.
New Technique's Gonna Find Out Who's Spammy or Nice
You are how you e-mail: A new technique can tell people apart using only the timestamps in their Sent folders.
about our culture
Pair programming: when are two better than one?
(a) Developing reusable software. (b) During crunch-time. (c) Training colleagues. (d) All of the above.
Building a data science team
A data science team is more than a room full of nerds
Caricature of a small tech org chart
We're not big, but we are certainly collaborative!
Designing a Creative Space: Part 1
Moving to a new office gave us the opportunity to rethink our work environment.
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