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Harris Kingsley

Harris Kingsley

Data Scientist II

Nike

Biography

Harris Kingsley is a Data Scientist II at Nike, focused on the consumer journey across all of Nike’s applications. He currently lives in Portland, OR.

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Interests
  • Sports Analytics
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Causal Inference
Education
  • BSc in Statistics, 2017

    University of Florida

Skills

R

100%

Shiny

100%

Statistics

100%

SQL

100%

Python

50%

Git

90%

Snowflake

100%

Looker

100%

Tableau

50%

Agile

80%

Management

60%

Backpacking

30%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Nike
Data Scientist II
Nike
Sep 2022 – Present Portland, OR

Responsibilities include:

  • Data Science lead on a global cross-functional project. Forecast the future health of footwear franchises using machine learning and an innovative scoring system.
  • Developed and maintain a model to predict return rate for specific products
  • Presented work in front of 300+ people at Nike Consumer Insights Combine
  • Maintain frontend and backend of multiple Tableau dashboards
  • Ad-Hoc analysis using SQL, R, and Shiny to support multiple business-facing stakeholders
  • Establish data best practices on team including version control and code review
 
 
 
 
 
Nike - Contract
Data Scientist
Nike - Contract
Feb 2022 – Sep 2022 Washington

Responsibilities include:

  • Assist in the development of a Bayesian Marketing Mix Model to understand impact of different advertisement campaigns across Nike’s digital platforms
  • Create datasets and data pipelines in Databricks using Python and SQL
  • Be a marketing data expert and help establish actionable KPI’s for multiple teams
 
 
 
 
 
Disney - Contract
Senior Data Analyst
Disney - Contract
Oct 2021 – Feb 2022 Washington

Responsibilities include:

  • Writing Complex queries in Snowflake to gather information across the Hulu Platform
  • Create Dashboards in Tableau to help provide insights to stakeholders
  • Manage Git repository and act as the team’s code manager
  • Write R code to create repeatable analysis for the team
 
 
 
 
 
Cincinnati Reds
Coordinator of Analytics- Player Development
Cincinnati Reds
Nov 2020 – Sep 2021 Cincinnati

Responsibilities include:

  • Coordinate all projects and tools relating to Player Development for the Analytics Department
  • Hire, train, and manage all minor league pitch tracking operators
  • Hire, train, and manage interns in the Analytics Department
  • Build R packages, review code, and create unit tests
  • Communicate with and understand the needs of minor league coaches to ensure we are maximizing the usefulness of our tools and reports
  • Collaborate with Data Engineers to maintain the accuracy and timeliness of our data ingestion
  • Serve as main project manager for all Player Development software applications
  • Continue to execute all Data Analyst duties
 
 
 
 
 
Cincinnati Reds
Data Scientist - Player Development
Cincinnati Reds
Feb 2019 – Nov 2020 Cincinnati

Responsibilities include:

  • Explore, clean, and analyze a large number of unique datasets from third party sources
  • Evaluate players using statistical methods and suggest specific areas for improvement
  • Create statistical models using R to estimate future performance
  • Create automated data visualizations, reports, and dashboards using Shiny and R
  • Work with coaches and Player Development staff to create realistic and actionable improvement plans for all players in the organization
 
 
 
 
 
Los Angeles Angels
Quantitative Analysis Intern
Los Angeles Angels
Feb 2018 – Nov 2018 Los Angeles

Responsibilities include:

  • Create statistical models and applications using Python to aid the baseball operations staff
  • Query relevant information and organize data using SQL
 
 
 
 
 
The Perduco Group
Data Analyst
The Perduco Group
May 2017 – Dec 2017 Dayton

Responsibilities include:

  • Assist in the design of experiments for motion capture for a virtual reality simulator
  • Create statistical models using R to predict performance for fantasy sports lineups
  • Scrape websites, parse JSON, and organize relevant information
  • Store and query data in SQL database
 
 
 
 
 
University of Florida
Research Assistant
University of Florida
May 2016 – Jan 2017 Gainesville

Dr. Peggy R. Borum’s Metabolic Assessment Laboratory (borum.ifas.ufl.edu) Responsibilities include:

  • Analyze the link between diet and seizures in patient Epileptic on Ketogenic Therapy
  • Write R code to analyze and organize patient information
  • Store and Query “Foodomics” information in a MySQL database

Projects

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Fantasy Baseball Bot

Fantasy Baseball Bot

A bot that can be used to send score updates and matchup information on Discord from ESPN’s API for fantasy baseball leagues.

Fantasy Baseball Draft Helper

Fantasy Baseball Draft Helper

A shiny app to help with fantasy baseball drafts. I built this in 2017… so not 100% operational anymore

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