Matt Phair

Overview

Matt Phair is a founder in the New York artificial intelligence scene [1]. Phair holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Statistics with a concentration in Statistics and Quantitative Methods from the University of Southern Maine, and a Certificate in Data Science with R Programming from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health [9][10]. Phair is described as an intensely curious data scientist and developer with 9 years of modeling experience and 3 years of technical leadership experience [2]. Phair founded CogniCode in July 2021 [1][3] and also founded Built on Machine Learning in the same month [4]. Prior to founding these companies, Phair held positions at Peapod Digital Labs (Ahold Delhaize), progressing from Data Scientist in January 2015 to Machine Learning Lead by August 2019 [5][6][7][8].

Career history

1. FounderJul 2021 to presentCogniCode
2. BOFounderJul 2021 to presentBuilt on Machine Learning
3. PDMachine Learning LeadAug 2019 to Jul 2021Peapod Digital Labs (Ahold Delhaize)
4. PDManager of Data ScienceMay 2018 to Sep 2019Peapod Digital Labs (Ahold Delhaize)
5. PDSenior Data ScientistDec 2017 to May 2018Peapod Digital Labs (Ahold Delhaize)
6. PDData ScientistJan 2015 to Dec 2017Peapod Digital Labs (Ahold Delhaize)

Education

1. JHCertificate, Data Science with R ProgrammingJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2. UOBachelor, Business Administration and Statistics, Concentration of Statistics and Quantitative MethodsUniversity of Southern Maine