Breaking into Data Science

Dr. Filleman's experience in education is extensive. While his focus has been in K-12 instrumental music education, he has also taught 6-12 grade English and US History. He served as a school administrator for four years, and a university professor for three. He has created award-winning band and choir programs from the ground up at seven school sites in two states at the elementary, middle, high school, and university levels. His familiarity with using data to make decisions at a variety of management levels gave him a unique perspective when transitioning careers into data science. He was able to craft his own curriculum using online and print resources that demonstrated he could easily communicate to diverse stakeholders, a wide variety of domains, and target the data for a given audience. He currently works in the field of aviation, focusing on using data science to improve safety.