Hi, I'm Brent

I've always been a builder, a solver, and a storyteller. Growing up I was obsessed with Lego Star Wars; I would build elaborate worlds for my figures to "live in". Then came the storyteller, I loved dreaming up and drawing fantasy stories to enact in my backyard. The solver came last, I was min-maxing Pokémon and Destiny builds without realizing that was analysis too.

Those instincts led me to a degree in economics with a computer science minor from the University of Georgia, and I still can't shake them: I write a fantasy book series in my free time, and I create DS/ML projects like Mise & Slay the Spire analysis for fun. Data science is where it all merges: identifying what problem you're solving, solving it with data, and telling a story that anyone can listen and learn from. Today I work on the data-quality side of machine learning at Shiplify, auditing shipment and property records and labeling messy, ambiguous real-world cases.

Outside of work, I cook (hence the Mise project), paint to relax, rock climb, and play video games (League, Cyberpunk 2077, Helldivers 2). I am a fan of the NFL & NBA: Bengals, Pacers, Pistons, and Cavs. Yes, I was born a midwest boy. And most importantly, I try to spend as much time as I can with family and friends.