Chris J Mears

Hi! My name is Chris.

I'm a Senior-level Software Engineer and Data Engineer with experience in Python, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, and AI.

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Brewery Review Analysis with NLP and NER

The final Springboard Data Science Career Track Capstone project using natural language processing and named entity recognition.

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#nlp#spaCy
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Credit Card Fraud Analysis and Detection

Springboard Data Science Career Track capstone project that analyzes and fits various classification models to an imbalanced credit card fraud dataset.

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#scikit-learn
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Open Brewery DB

Open Brewery DB is a free and open-source dataset and API with public information on breweries, cideries, brewpubs, and bottleshops. It is also a growing Discord community of beer-loving developers and data scientists.

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#open-source#api
Data Nerd Newsletter
Data Nerd Newsletter

The archives for my weekly newsletter where I breakdown data and machine learning topics.

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Tea Quiz

A small project to demonstrate a simple web-based ReactJS quiz app to collect data.

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#reactjs

About Me


Me and Cooper, the tiny black dog.
  • As an accomplished Senior Software Engineer transitioning into Data Engineering, I bring a strong foundation in JavaScript and Python, complemented by my expertise in data analysis and statistics. My passion for machine learning and artificial intelligence fuels my commitment to harnessing data to drive actionable insights and innovative solutions.
  • I own and operate a data analytics consulting business and have previously worked for companies large and small in different sectors including Fortune 500, startups, and non-profits.
  • Finally, Iʼm an open-source project maintainer, Open Brewery DB, and proud rescue dog owner.

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I sometimes send out a newsletter. It used to be called "Data Nerd Newsletter," but it's more or less my thoughts on data topics.