Michael Galvin, Sr. Data Scientist, Metis at MLconf ATL 2016

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Practical  Machine  Learning  for  Business

Michael  Galvin

galvin.mj@gmail.comTwitter:  @MikeJGalvin

Successful  Machine  Learning  in  Business

• Relationships  and  Education• Reputation  and  Buy  In• Data  Science• Preparing• Modeling  and  Implementation• Monitoring

• Necessary  Skills

Relationships  and  Education

Bridging  the  Gap

Communication

Science  Experiment

Unicorn

Education

Business  NeedsUserValue

Current  Capabilities

Current  CapabilitiesWhere  are  we?

Current  CapabilitiesWhere  are  we?

Where  do  we  want  to  be?

Reputation  and  Buy  In

Quick  Wins

Quick WinsShow  you  can  produce  something

Quick  WinsShow  what  you  did  was  valuable

Data  SciencePreparing

Modeling  and  ImplementationMonitoring

Specific  ProblemData

Specific  ProblemData

Specific  ProblemData

What  problem  are  we  trying  to  solve?

Success

SuccessWhat  does  it  look   like?

Expectations

ExpectationsFeasibility

ExpectationsFeasibilityTimeline

ExpectationsFeasibilityTimelineIssues

Data  SciencePreparing

Modeling  and  ImplementationMonitoring

Don’t  Over  Complicate

It’s  Not  Just  Algorithms

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Learn  About  the  Data

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Learn  About  the  DataImportant?

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Learn  About  the  DataImportant?Features

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Validation  Strategy

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Validation  StrategyModel  Assessment

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Validation  StrategyModel  Assessment

More  Data  isn’t  Always  Better

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Get  Something  Working  

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Get  Something  Working  Deploying

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Get  Something  Working  Deploying

Improve,  Iterate

Algorithms Data Assessment Result

Are  People  Using  Your  Solution?ValuableAccessible

ML  Metric Business  Metric

Pipelines

Pipelines• Scalable• Reproducible• Etc.

Data  SciencePreparing

Modeling  and  ImplementationMonitoring

Monitoring

Is  is  working?Feedback,  IterateModel  Comparison

Work  Together,  Human  in  the  Loop

Necessary  Skills

Grit  Problem  SolvingLearn  to  LearnCommunicateCollaboratePassion

It’s  takes  more  than  technical  skills

You’re  In  A  Good  Position!

You’re  In  A  Good  Position!Influential

You’re  In  A  Good  Position!InfluentialImpactful

You’re  In  A  Good  Position!InfluentialImpactful

Drive  Change

Thank  YouMichael  Galvin

galvin.mj@gmail.comTwitter:  @MikeJGalvin