J Beightol

J Beightol is a Data Scientist specializing in Natural Language Processing. His first exposure to the field came while working at a financial consulting firm where he helped banks scrape twitter data to gauge customer sentiment. He completed the Data Science Immersive class in D.C. and worked independently with the French Embassy analyzing visa data and suggesting strategies to boost foreign student visa applications. Currently J is collaborating with Milkshake Tech in Brooklyn to build a website recommendation engine when he isn’t teaching students at General Assembly or playing board games. He received a BA in History with a minor in Economics from Davidson College.

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