Vision Statement
Graduates of Northwestern’s Master of Science in Data Science will feel a sense of comradery with their classmates and a deep understanding of the Data Science field in practice.
Student Leadership Council
The Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) at Northwestern University is one of the fastest growing and most established Data Science programs in the United States. The purpose of MSDS Student Leadership Council (SLC) is to help foster relationships among students in the program, alumni, and world-renowned industry professionals. The MSDS SLC creates opportunities and events that allow students and alumni of the program to grow their knowledge of Data Science and their professional networks. Visit our SPS Graduate Program Events page to learn more about past and upcoming events.
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Graduates of Northwestern’s Master of Science in Data Science will feel a sense of comradery with their classmates and a deep understanding of the Data Science field in practice.
The MSDS Student Leadership Council strives to serve the program by broadening awareness of Data Science in practice and building a sense of community in the graduate program.
Bob is an Associate Director of Analytics/Senior Systems Engineer working for Northwestern University in the Enrollment Data Analytics department, which he helped to create. He is a proven leader with extensive experience working in information technology as well as data science. When not working on the continuous analytic projects, Bob enjoys spending time with his wife and four children as well as taking on various remodeling projects around the house.
Andrew is a partner within Northwestern Analytics Partners, LLLP and responsible for their GIS and Business Analytics clients. Andrew is very active with the Project Management Institute and concurrently serves as the Director of Executive Outreach for the Chicagoland chapter. In his free time, he enjoys the gym and philosophical conversations with his friends on subjects such as ethics and artificial intelligence.
Murphy currently works as a research analyst for an economic consulting law firm in Washington D.C. In her role, she extracts data from legal documents to create economic impact reports for environmental and product liability litigation. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, cheering on Washington sports teams, and adding on to her extensive mug collection.
Joseph is a native New Yorker, being a fully remote student at MSDS! Currently, he works at an airline as a data analyst. Outside of his work and school, he is involved in volunteering in my community and his hobby is photography that he picked up during COVID.
Husein has a background in business and finance and currently works as a product manager for an Equity Investment Research firm. In his role, he is responsible for managing the development and implementation of financial market data products. In his free time, he enjoys playing with his two kids, travelling, being active outdoors (running, hiking, biking, whatever happens to present itself) and riding his motorcycle.
Matthew is a Data Analytics Consultant at Slalom Inc. with over six years of engineering intelligent automation (IA), AI, and analytics solutions to empower business processes across multiple industries. Matt is passionate about teaching financial and technological literacy across the Chicago area and discussing any and all topics related to AI/ML. He is an avid traveler and coffee aficionado.
Ruchi is a management consultant with experience in the telecom and cable industries. She has worked both in technical roles as an engineer and in business-oriented roles as a strategy consultant and operator. In her spare time, Ruchi enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, hiking, and traveling.
Kerry is a Natural Language Processing consultant for a Research University where she targets disinformation campaigns using Machine Learning techniques including neural networks and other classification algorithms, always keeping ethics and data governance in mind. Training to complete her second half Ironman in 2023, she also works on her MSDS thesis - a wine chatbot connoisseur application. With a playlist on for every occasion, she likes to cook challenging new cuisines or bake with random types of flour in her spare time.
Garghee is a senior data scientist and PMI certified project manager working with HSBC Global Finance. At work, she spends most of her time working on massive datasets, writing Python code, and on the Cloud. She also mentors colleagues on Python and helps them learn to code. Outside of work, Gargee is a Messi fan, follows soccer news, and cheers FC Barcelona and PSG from the sideline.
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