Tim Hoolihan<\/a> is Local Service Offering Lead of Data & Analytics<\/a> for our Cleveland<\/a> team. He works to help our clients solve problems with a focus on leveraging the data available to them. This involves data strategy, organization, visualization, machine learning<\/a>, statistics, and artificial intelligence. In his free time, Tim likes to run, read, watch movies and explore new technology.<\/p>\n I started my career in software development, centered around data warehousing and forecasting in the utility industry. I found myself building consulting teams, but also with a growing interest in statistics, machine learning and other areas of data science. I went to the product space and built a team focused on advanced deep learning, in particular around natural language processing. However, I missed certain aspects of consulting.<\/strong> When I was approached by Centric\u2019s Cleveland Business Unit, it was a chance to put all the right pieces together and build a Data practice in Northeast Ohio.<\/p>\n After a project I was on working with another developer that was transitioning to the platform from an older language, I had the nicest note from him. He said he didn\u2019t think he could make the switch and was considering retiring early. He credited my patience with his questions to his decision to stick it out. As I told him, he deserved the credit for the time he put in to retrain, not me. But the feedback stuck with me, and I try to keep the lesson of it.<\/p>\n I enjoy software development, mathematics, and I am always interested in learning new things. Software development (and later Data Science) was a natural fit.<\/p>\n Northeast Ohio has a lot of companies in insurance, medical, manufacturing and other fields that handle large volumes of complex data. It\u2019s my role to help guide a strategy for that, align it to the right teams and ensure we deliver.<\/p>\n The technology landscape has been changing so rapidly and shows no signs of slowing down.<\/strong> In addition, the business climate is very focused on short-term returns, as opposed to long-term investments. I think companies need help taking a broader look at their strategy in order to create the foundations which will support continued integrations and emerging technologies such as AI.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s your story?<\/h3>\n
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