Summary
William Thyer is a Senior Data Scientist based in Chicago with a PhD in Integrative Neuroscience from the University of Chicago and six years of experience translating research-grade analytics into production ML systems for healthcare. At Cohere Health he has owned and scaled 21 production models that drove thousands of auto-approvals, saved substantial operational costs, and cut patient wait times, while building monitoring pipelines that combine Airflow, PySpark, Slack alerts and executive dashboards. He’s hands-on across the stack—Python, PySpark, SQL, dbt, and AWS—and blends product analytics, data engineering, and statistical rigor to launch high-impact initiatives. His background in neuroscience research yielded open-source tools and multi-modal data pipelines adopted by other labs, reflecting a knack for turning complex experimental workflows into reusable, production-ready systems. Colleagues rely on him for cross-functional coordination and clear data governance, and he prefers remote-first collaboration that emphasizes transparency and measurable business impact.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology | Statistics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology | Statistics at Florida State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Integrative Neuroscience | Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Integrative Neuroscience | Psychology at University of Chicago