Experience

My Work History

  • Pebble Logo

    March 2023 - November 2023

    Data Scientist

    Pebble

    • Implemented and iteratively refined a risk-based pricing model in Python to estimate group healthcare spend, achieving a 6% reduction in MAE and enabling the development of more affordable HRA-driven health plans
    • Dramatically improved run-time efficiency of risk model code by 80%, enabling faster decision-making
    • Built an interactive dashboard in HEX to track monthly HRA spend, providing real-time insights into spending patterns
    • Collaborated closely with the sales team and clients to develop tailored health plans, aligning with unique client needs
    • Enhanced health plan proposal efficiency through the implementation of an automated proposal generation system, achieving a notable 60% reduction in proposal creation time
  • Netflix Logo

    March 2022 - June 2022

    Data Science Intern

    Netflix

    • Web-scraped external data on over 3.4 million apps from both the App Store and Google Play Store
    • Utilized AWS SageMaker to store over 1.5 GB of transformed data in Amazon S3 for secure and instant access
    • Trained a linear regression model to help identify important trends in the mobile gaming market
    • Cleaned and derived a table of aggregate variables from 7.6 million rows of internal customer viewing data using SQL to better characterize subscriber behavior and tendencies
    • Applied PCA and k-means to form distinct customer segments
    • Combined external and internal findings to formulate actionable business recommendations to grow their mobile gaming service
  • AT&T Logo

    January 2022 - March 2022

    Data Science Intern

    AT&T

    • Utilized PySpark and SQL to clean, wrangle, and analyze hundreds of GB worth of customer data
    • Developed models, examined trends, and extracted key insights to map the typical customer journey and derive a customer-centric segmentation strategy
    • Derived dozens of descriptive aggregate variables to be used for segmentation
    • Segmented over 250 million customers into 7 distinct segments using K-modes, resulting in the ability to derive more personalized retention strategies
    • Produced meaningful, uncomplicated visuals via Tableau and Contour to express the behavior of different customers throughout their journey
    • Formulated actionable recommendations for improving customer retention at all stages of the customer journey, specifically targeting “at-risk” customers

Certifications

AWS Cloud Pracitioner

Contact Me

nathandiek@icloud.com

(425) 879-0907

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