Brent Schneeman swipes right for science and seeks to strengthen the scientific method muscle in whatever group he finds himself. Operating from a “lead by example” mindset, Brent frequently rolls up his sleeves and writes code to help bring predictive models to business problems. Passionate about building great teams and cultures, he’s pretty sure that a “servant leadership” posture is the right posture in his personal and professional lives.

Professionally, he tends to look after teams of data- and machine-learning-oriented contributors (analysts, scientists, and engineers) who collaborate on diverse sets of machine learning projects such as continuous optimization, customer customer churn prediction, fraud detection, and applying diverse techniques to unstructured data. Brent has worked at Vrbo, PayPal, Visa, and other small- and large-companies in individual contributor or management roles, mostly in product development organizations. Currently, Brent leads PMG’s efforts to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence in the digital marketing industry.

A storyteller, Brent has presented at the UT McCombs School, South By Southwest, NLP Day, multiple Data Days, and various meetups. He has one degree in Mathematics and another in Electrical Engineering and lives in Austin Texas with his wife, three kids, two cats and one dog. While he spends most of his free time mowing the lawn, he also enjoys making photographs, running around downtown, and occasionally tries to make sense of neural network architectures.