To bring data science into the forefront of our business strategies effectively, we all need to be speaking the same language. Because there must be participation and input from all sources, from the C-suite to the analyst, we cannot continue to obfuscate through complicated tech talk, nor should we boil down elegant solutions so that they barely resemble what they actually are. Finding a common ground is critical in moving data science forward in all industries.
Brandy Freitas walks you through developing an approachable vocabulary for managers and executives to confidently and informatively speak with their data scientists and analysts and, equally importantly, for data scientists to speak with their less technical colleagues.
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Brandy Freitas is a principal data scientist at Pitney Bowes, where she works with clients in a wide variety of industries to develop analytical solutions for their business needs. Brandy is a research-physicist-turned-data-scientist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her academic research focused primarily on protein structure determination, applying machine learning techniques to single-particle cryoelectron microscopy data. Brandy is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a James Mills Pierce Fellow. She holds an undergraduate degree in physics and chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology and did her graduate work in biophysics at Harvard University.
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