Michael Schlenker

I earned my Physics PhD by working with numerical simulations of the Sun's corona and solar wind environment. Naturally, with a background like this, I found myself in the healthcare industry after graduation. I have worked with West Pharmaceutical Services for the past 5 years where I helped build their R&D data science team from the ground up.

This experience has exposed me to a wide variety of problems, such as machine vision, business intelligence, and experiment design. Most importantly, I can communicate the ideas from all these topics in a way that's approachable.

Having a good team dynamic is important to me. Some of my best moments involved mentoring a junior member or working with a peer to solve a really complex challenge. Working life is so much better when your teammates have each other's backs.

West Pharmaceutical Services – Sr. Data Scientist 6/2018 – present

• Foundational member of R&D data science team for the organization
• Used statistical techniques, ML / AI driven approaches, and numerical methods to derive insights from large data sources
• C-level leader visibility
• Provided experimental design and data collection guidance for R&D projects
• Participated in hiring and onboarding process for new members
• Mentored and led junior team members on projects
• Independently created and led execution of projects with business value
• Developed and guided adherence to work documentation best practice
• Created scalable and automated data pipelines to key resources
• Selected Projects
  • Strategic Customer Classification for Business Intelligence
  • Customer Lead Identification for Sales
  • Image Classification for Quality Assurance
  • AI Modeling on Sensor Data for Neurological Disease Severity Classification

Education:

• PhD Physics, Drexel University, 2018
  • Solar and space physics, numerical simulations