Preface

Outline the structure of the book, introduce ourselves, etc.

Jeffrey Boichuk () is …

Steven Mortimer has more than 7 years experience in data science serving clients and businesses across the healthcare, higher education, and media industries. Steven was the first data scientist hired at two different companies where he grew data science as a corporate function. He specializes in team building, rapid prototyping, and practical applications of data science using the R programming language to quickly realize business value.

Also, Steven is committed to helping others develop skills in data science. At the University of Virginia (UVA), he created content for a graduate course in Customer Analytics and tutors students needing assistance with statistics-based coursework. Much of Steven’s code is publicly available in his GitHub repositories at https://github.com/StevenMMortimer.

Steven holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Statistics from the University of Virginia and is currently pursing a Master’s of Business Administration at UVA’s Darden School of Business.