Building Data Science Teams John Thomas, PhD VP Data Science Building Data Science Teams John Thomas, PhD VP Data Science

A Pseudo-Random Walk

Sexiest Job of the 21 st Century

The Data Science Journey Other use cases Data Science at scale Do I need it?

Do You Need a Data Science Team? Do I need it?

Building Organizational Support Understand Existing Data and Business Problems Offline Iteration Integration Continuous Improvement +23.2% Build support by quickly demonstrating and quantifying impact

Rapid Development and Iteration Other use cases Abandoned Answered +5.7% +28.4% ExploratoryBetaScaled Place multiple bets and iterate rapidly on each

Scale with Technology Data Science at scale Automated Modeling Real-time scoring Data Collection + Validation Visualization Invest in tools to make data scientists most efficient

Strong Team Culture Identify Business Problem Offline Iteration Integrate Continuous Improvement ProductionalizeMonitoring Build a culture of ownership and learning

Great Data Science Teams Build support by quickly demonstrating and quantifying impact Place multiple bets and iterate rapidly on each Invest in tools to make data scientists most efficient Create a culture of ownership and learning