Andy Pulkstenis Email Address

Member, CAO Advisory Board

State Farm is a large group of insurance companies that provides people with various Insurance schemes and financial services like banking, mutual funds etc.

MS-level statistician/ data scientist with 20+ years of applied experience (15 years in team leadership, currently leading a team of 30). Industry experience includes statistical consulting, financial services, market research, and biostatistics. Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, communication, and mentoring abilities, with a legacy of improving the business, challenging the status quo, and strong people/team development. Skilled in SAS, predictive modeling and experimental design, with broad knowledge of the standard statistical canon and an ability to bridge the gap between the business problem and the mathematical solution. Most experienced in multivariate regression modeling (logistic and glm) and DOE. Applied practical experience in cluster analysis, classification and decision trees, discriminant analysis, principal components, and survival analysis. Exposure to time series forecasting and mixed model methodology. 15+ years of very active involvement in every key phase of analytic recruiting, from college visits and campus strategy to resume review to professional conferences to on-site interviews. I remain heavily involved in talent acquisition, as I believe that the analytic quality of my coworkers is a strong driver of company success (and my own job satisfaction). Specialties: 20+ years experience in Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS Macro, SAS/Connect. Also experienced in JMP, S-Plus/R, Minitab, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Exposure to Treenet/CART, SAS/ETS, SAS/OR, and Xeno.