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Currently a <strong>machine learning engineer</strong> at Toyota Connected. Previously worked as <strong>principal data scientist</strong> at State Farm, and a <strong>senior data scientist</strong> at AT&T. 
My current position is heavily focused on NLP and operations research. In former roles, I have developed proprietary recommender systems from end-to-end, reduced claims cycle times using text analytics, and used unsupervised learning techniques to identify internal security threats.
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Obtained my MS in <strong>Business Analytics</strong> from the <a href="https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Master-of-Science-in-Business-Analytics">McComb's School of Business</a> at the University of Texas at Austin and my Bachelor's in <strong>Psychology</strong> from 
Texas A&M University. My masters capstone (thesis) project involved developing a bespoke visual analytics platform for Boeing.
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I enjoy building <strong>robust &amp; actionable machine learning models</strong> to help my business partners, and <strong>useful & reusable software tools</strong> to help my fellow data scientists&mdash;check out some of my projects (in the navbar above). 
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I am a recovering R user and now zealously proselytize for the cult of Python.
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When I'm not writing machine learning models & software at work, chances are I'm writing code for a side project at home. Some of my more notable side projects include an <a href="https://github.com/tgsmith61591/pyramid"><strong>auto-ARIMA library for Python</strong></a>, an an extensive <a href="https://github.com/tgsmith61591/clust4j">clustering library for Java</a>.
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I am an avid weight lifter, foodie, home chef, and craft beer connoisseur.
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If that elevator pitch didn't really do it for you, you can always check out <a href="/cv/taylor-g-smith-resume.pdf">my resume</a>.
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