Chelsea Smith · Leader in Data, Analytics, & AI

Leader in Data, Analytics, & AI

I’m a data engineer SME and data operations leader with more than 15 years of professional experience. Over the span of my career, I’ve cultivated a deep understanding of how to organize and optimize data within organizations to drive business growth. I've served as both an engineer and as a cross-functional lead of teams designing, building, and optimizing data infrastructures. I have a track record of success in fostering best practices and driving innovation, resulting in improved data accessibility, accuracy, and insights across companies. My technical expertise spans the entirety of the data life cycle, including architecting cloud environments, designing and building automated ELT and data warehousing, writing and enforcing data quality and governance processes, developing automated reports and dashboards, and running machine learning models.

All Domains

All Roles

Last 3 Years

Active Projects

↑ 12% vs last year

Tech Stacks

↑ 3 new this year

2,400

Hours Delivered

↑ 8% utilization

94%

Success Rate

↑ 2% improvement

Skill Distribution

Hours invested by technology area

Machine Learning & AI 850 hrs

Data Engineering 720 hrs

Cloud Architecture 640 hrs

Analytics & BI 520 hrs

DevOps & MLOps 380 hrs

Project Details

Project	Domain	Role	Duration	Tech Stack	Impact
Risk Assessment Platform Real-time ML fraud detection	Financial Services	Solution Architect	12 months Jan 2024 - Present	Python TensorFlow AWS	$45M saved 67% false positive reduction
Supply Chain Analytics Predictive inventory optimization	Manufacturing	Technical Lead	9 months Apr 2023 - Dec 2023	Snowflake dbt Airflow	23% improvement Fill rate optimization
Customer Intelligence Platform Unified customer 360 view	Retail	Senior Consultant	14 months Feb 2023 - Mar 2024	Databricks Spark GCP	31% increase Conversion rate lift
Healthcare Data Lake HIPAA-compliant infrastructure	Healthcare	Solution Architect	18 months Jun 2022 - Nov 2023	Azure Synapse Power BI	$12M ROI First year value
Pricing Optimization Engine Dynamic pricing ML models	Retail	Technical Lead	11 months Jan 2022 - Nov 2022	Python scikit-learn PostgreSQL	18% margin lift Gross profit increase

Experience Timeline

Principal Technology Consultant

Independent Consulting

2022 - Present

Leading data, analytics, and AI transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 clients across financial services, retail, and healthcare. Specializing in ML platform architecture, data modernization, and enterprise AI strategy.

ML/AI Strategy Data Architecture Cloud Migration Team Leadership

Senior Data Science Manager

TechCorp Analytics

2018 - 2022

Built and led team of 12 data scientists and engineers. Delivered production ML systems serving 50M+ users. Established MLOps practices and platform engineering standards across organization.

Team Management MLOps Production ML Platform Engineering

Lead Data Engineer

DataFlow Systems

2015 - 2018

Architected data platforms processing 1TB+ daily. Led migration from on-prem to cloud infrastructure. Designed real-time streaming pipelines supporting critical business operations.

Data Engineering AWS/GCP Streaming ETL/ELT

Data Analyst

Analytics Innovations

2012 - 2015

Developed analytics dashboards and reporting infrastructure. Built predictive models for customer segmentation and churn prediction. Established data quality and governance frameworks.

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Chelsea B. Smith

Leader in Data, Analytics, & AI

Selected Work

AI-Powered Risk Assessment Platform

Supply Chain Analytics Suite

Customer Intelligence Platform