Drew Conway

Drew Conway is an American data scientist known for his venn diagram definition of data science as well as applying data science to study [...]. He is the co-author of the book Machine Learning for Hackers. He is currently the founder and CEO at technology startup Alluvium, as well as advisor at multiple technology startups.

Early life and education

He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from New York University in May 2013. Earlier to this he worked in Washington, DC in the defense and intelligence communities for four years. As “an all-source analyst,” his specific role was to apply statistical and computational methods to problems of social dynamics and organization of interest to the DoD/IC.

Career

Drew Conway was the Head of Data at Project Florida. He also co-founded DataKind and DataGotham. He was previously the Scientist in Residence for IA Ventures. He has talked on multiple forums for data science.

He has acted as senior advisor to New York City's Mayor's Office of Data Analytics.