Thom Bauer

Hi, my name’s Thom and I’m a Data Scientist and Product Owner. I hold a master’s degree in Sociology and Psychology and advanced university certificates in applied sciences in the areas of Data and Machine Learning. I’m excited about new technology with curiosity for always extending my skillset. Besides a proven ability in teaching people coding skills and data concepts I’m always up to learn something new myself.

I have 10+ years of management expertise as a Team Lead, Head of IT Operations and Head of Data Analytics Department. As a Business Developer and Product Owner I’m always in for customer centricity and communication as key factors to success. Customer Satisfaction and Customer Experience Management have always been a key component as a manager and developer.

In 20+ years as a coder and analyst I mastered different programming languages and tools. I have always strived to expend my horizon and acquire new skills focusing on new ways to perform tasks more efficiently and future-proof.

As a Data Scientist I build Machine Learning models to maximize the value of customer experiences and automate text processing for more efficient pipelines. At the interface between Data Science and Social Sciences I deal with xAI to work towards human-friendly explanations and transparency in algorithm-driven automated decision-making.

When it comes to AI I love to be close to the latest developments and scientific debates as well as to exchange with other companies in order to deploy AI applications to create the greatest possible business value.

I am most skilled in R and Tableau, mastering Python and currently improving my skills in SAS Viya, SAS Visual Analytics and SQL.

As a Product Owner in a Data Science Scrum Team in a SAFe environment I maximize the value of innovative Machine Learning solutions to build the future claims products in the Social Insurance Industry.