Zachary R.

Experience

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  Global Exponential Technologies (GxT)

  Principal Data Scientist, Co-Founder

  Nov 2022 - Jul 2024

  Team of regulatory compliance professionals, scientists, technical writers, designers, and software engineers dedicated to building Regulatory Technology. We provide regulatory affairs, clinical research, and quality-management professionals with next-generation software-based tools and services to improve the efficiency and quality of their work.

  • As Head of Data Science, led the Data Science team, growing it and overseeing strategy to develop groundbreaking technologies delivered in short periods of time. Provided business reviews and organizational leadership
  • Developed pharmaceutical regulatory machine learning software systems, including first-draft generation and automated document generation, resulting in up to 80% reduction in authoring time, dynamic feedback to users, and an entirely novel authoring platform, created end-to-end using cutting edge AI/ML techniques, including LLMs
  • Implemented a variety of cutting-edge modeling techniques, including GNNs, LLM-augmented Knowledge-Graph RAG systems, responsive structured content authoring, and dynamic, multi-level text classification systems
  • Communicated complex concepts and implemented user-centric client goals with non-technical users and managers
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  Microsoft

  Customer Engineer | Data & AI | Data Scientist

  Mar 2021 - Nov 2022

  We’re on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

  • Created integrated machine learning solutions, including feature engineering, algorithmic tuning, and general architecture, within the context of Microsoft Azure, to further clients’ proof of concepts and unblock progress
  • Led workshops and enablement sessions to encourage adoption of Microsoft Azure, machine learning, and general best-practices in data science development
  • Communicated technical concepts and business value propositions clearly, especially to non-technical stakeholders
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  IBM

  Data Scientist

  Nov 2019 - Mar 2021

  at ibm, work is more than a job - it's a calling: to build. to design. to code. to consult. to think along with clients and sell. to make markets. to invent. to collaborate. not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems. ibm is a leading cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. with watson, the ai platform for business, powered by data, we are building industry-based solutions to real-world problems. for more than seven decades, ibm research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents. for more information, visit www.ibm.com. this is ibm's official linkedin account and it follows ibm social computing gu

  • As part of the Cloud Pak Acceleration Team, develops cutting edge proof-of-concept solutions to boost adoption and use of Cloud Paks, especially Watson Studio, Watson Knowledge Studio, Watson Discovery, and Watson OpenScale
  • Develops patents to further IBM's intellectual property
  • Created innovative staff scheduling systems, SQL modernization/data virtualization workflows, and machine learning models to predict future sales and revenue
  • Communicates technical concepts and business value propositions clearly
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  The Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI)

  Consulting Data Scientist

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  PSI is a non-profit trade association comprised of the security directors from thirty-seven international pharmaceutical manufacturers. PSI’s principal mission is to address the problem of counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products in order to protect public health. Principal activities include the collection, analysis and dissemination of information relating to the world-wide counterfeiting of medicines.

  • Processed and analyzed complex time-series datasets, to prioritize future enforcement actions
  • Communicated high-level conclusions and recommendations to non-technical management
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  New York City Department of Investigation

  Data Scientist

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2019

  Work for the Finest !

  • Developed machine learning methods to find potential wrongdoing and launch investigations, with datasets of over 10 million examples
  • Assisted in ongoing traditional investigations and others resulting from machine learning-based analysis, including a complex, multi-agency investigation, involving more than $250 million in government contracts
  • Automated and scripted complex data-gathering processes, including dynamic querying and decades-old legacy systems
  • Oversaw and collaborated with interns and other analysts to develop novel approaches to ongoing problems
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  Arent Fox

  Paralegal

  May 2014 - Mar 2016

  Arent Fox is now ArentFox Schiff. Visit us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/arentfoxschiff/

  • Drafted and proofread letters, memoranda, discovery requests, motions, and other litigation documents
  • Maintained the entire firm-wide docketing system, including interactions with New York courts
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  Corsearch | Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services

  Researcher

  Jun 2013 - May 2014

  Corsearch’s leading Trademark and Brand & Content Protection Solutions are revolutionizing how companies create, monitor, and protect their brands. Over 5,000 businesses worldwide partner with Corsearch to safeguard consumers and their trust in brands — preventing confusion, misrepresentation, and fraud using the hybrid intelligence of advanced AI precision and expert decision of human analysts. For over 70 years, Corsearch has been providing cutting-edge Trademark Clearance and Protection solutions to the world’s leading corporations, law firms and branding agencies. Corsearch offers an evolving and responsive set of integrated tools for Screening, Search, Watch, Brand Protection, and Content Protection. Behind the world’s best-known brands, there’s Corsearch.

  • Executed internet-based Intellectual Property due diligence searches on behalf of many clients
  • Worked as part of a larger team, coordinating and leading co-workers in large searches
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  University of Massachusetts Amherst Legal Services Office

  Legal Assistant

  Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

  Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is top ranked, nationally-recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.

  • Drafted demand letters, memorandums of law, discovery requests, motions, and a variety of other
  • legal documents
  • Oversaw all aspects of many clients’ cases, including intake, case updates, scheduling, and
  • general communications
  • Performed legal research using WestLaw on a variety of both civil and criminal legal concepts
  • Fulfilled all duties in accordance with legal ethics, under the supervision of a senior attorney
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  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Political Science Webmaster

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is top ranked, nationally-recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.

  • Publishes career and department-related information to Political Science and Legal Studies majors,
  • stressing accessibility and clarity
  • Disseminates updates about Political Science related events and news in a clear and effective
  • manner
  • Updates and expands the Political Science website, using HTML
  • Recommends and implements new software and hardware solutions for the Department
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  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Writing Consultant

  Sep 2010 - May 2013

  Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is top ranked, nationally-recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.

  • Assists undergraduate and graduate students with writing across many disciplines
  • Gives helpful feedback about a variety of writing, with special attention to rhetoric, audience, and grammar
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  Southboro Medical Group

  IT Assistant

  Jun 2007 - Sep 2008

  Linguamatics I2E: The world's leading Text Mining platform I2E has a proven track record in delivering best of breed text mining capabilities across a broad range of application areas. Its agile nature allows tuning of query strategies to deliver the precision and recall needed for specific tasks, but at an enterprise scale.

  • Provided support for a leading edge wireless tablet based project in the Pediatrics department
  • Managed, prioritized, and solved software and hardware issues
  • Supported more advanced IT staff by communicating clearly to users and guests about ongoing situations and problems