Kyle Degrave is a Senior Data Scientist with a decade of experience turning complex, large-scale datasets into actionable models that drive business outcomes, most recently leading ML initiatives at WebMD Ignite and now at Jewelers Mutual Group. He combines a PhD-level research background in astronomy and helioseismology with practical production skills—PySpark, Databricks, BigQuery—and a track record of migrating on-prem workflows to scalable cloud training pipelines. Kyle has applied NLP and propensity modeling to healthcare products, built churn and review-classification systems that reduced manual effort, and prototypes generative-AI solutions like audio summarization and marketing automation. Comfortable bridging research and product, he excels at improving model performance and data infrastructure while uncovering nonobvious behavioral signals across provider–consumer interactions.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Astronomy at New Mexico State University
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at Michigan State University
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