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Mentors
Faculty mentors of the Analytics Solutions Center guide students as they work through problems and requests from our corporate partners. The following faculty members are currently mentors for the ASC. If you'd like to become a faculty mentor, contact us at asc@usu.edu.
Current ASC Mentors
Andrew Brim
Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Project Mentor for the ASC
435.797.0643
andrew.brim@usu.edu
Andrew earned a PhD in Computer Science in 2020, MS in Financial Economics in 2019, and BS in Computer Science in 2006. Andrew’s research interests include artificial intelligent stock market predictions, and reinforcement learning techniques in various areas.
Tyler Brough
Associate Professor, Research Director of the ASC”
435.797.2369
tyler.brough@usu.edu
Tyler’s research interests are in the field of computational statistical catallactics.
Polly Conrad
Senior Lecturer, Director of Student Experience
435.797.2898
polly.conrad@usu.edu
Polly Conrad has experience developing and implementing ecological and business models and data visualizations for government, university, and non-profit organizations.
Doug Derrick
Professional Practice Professor, Executive Director of the ASC
Doug Derrick earned a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona. His research interests include human-agent interactions, intelligent agents, data fusion, decision support systems, and persuasive technology.
Kelly Fadel
Professor, Research Mentor for the ASC
435.797.2348
kelly.fadel@usu.edu
Kelly Fadel earned a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Arizona in 2007. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in data analytics and web application development. His research examines issues relating to information processing and decision making in computer-mediated environments.
Steve Fletcher
Executive in Residence of the ASC
435.797.2342
steve.fletcher@usu.edu
Mr. Fletcher has been an information technology consultant for most of his career, helping businesses grow through the efficient use and application of data and information systems. He has founded two technology start-up companies and completed organization transformations for both government and the private sector.
Carly Fox
Lecturer, Project Mentor for the ASC
435.797.2344
carly.fox@usu.edu
Carly Fox earned her PhD in 2021 where she provided statistical consulting on interdisciplinary projects related to disability studies, discourse analysis, and implementation science. Carly specializes in text analysis and data mining, and has experience implementing natural language processing and automatic speech recognition tools to create more efficient analysis systems.
Pedram Jahangiry
Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Project Mentor for the ASC
435.797.2345
pedram.jahangiry@usu.edu
Pedram Jahangiry has a PhD and CFA. Prior to joining the Huntsman School in 2018, Pedram was a research associate with the Financial Modeling Group at BlackRock NYC. His research involves time series forecasting, machine learning, and deep learning applications in business.
Sharad Jones
Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Project Mentor for the ASC
435.797.2456
sharad.jones@usu.edu
Sharad Jones has 8 years of experience as a Data Scientist in the tech industry. He worked for multiple early-stage startups as well as established government contractors. Sharad's expertise lies in low-sample unstructured datasets with an emphasis in computer vision and natural language processing.
Chelsea Harding
Instructor, Project Mentor for the ASC
435.797.5848
chelsea.harding@usu.edu
Chelsea is an instructor in the Data Analytics and Information Systems department. She has a strong background in Computer Science and enjoys teaching and learning. Chelsea has also been running Utah's largest hackathon HackUSU through USU campus since 2019.
Brinley Zabriskie
Research Mentor for the ASC
435.797.2341
brinley.zabriskie@usu.edu
Dr. Zabriskie’s research focuses on statistical methods for research synthesis, primarily through meta-analysis, with a particular emphasis on combining data from studies with rare events.
Bree Wiest
Project Manager
Bree is a Project Management Professional, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and has a Masters in Business Administration. She has worked as a Project Manager for many of the world's largest tech companies, spanning all time zones.