Robert Clements

I am an Industry-to-Academia convert, currently an Assistant Professor in the Master of Science in Data Science program at the University of San Francisco, and formerly a Senior Director of Data Science. I have about ten years of industry experience as both an individual contributor and manager, mostly in machine learning. At one time, when I was feeling particularly ambitious, I led a team of 20 data scientists. For all of the exciting details about my past roles and publications, please visit LinkedIn. Maybe one day I will add my stylish CV, created with R Markdown, to this site. 

My career journey thus far has been short, but winding. While working the 8:00-5:00 industry grind and raising two daughters I became short-sighted, focusing only on my next salary bump, bonus, or attaining a more prestigious job title. I never had the time or energy to work on things that I’ve been wanting to do for years, such as writing a blog or book, learning more about generative art/models, or even just creating my own little website like this one. My hope after my mid-life pandemic-inspired career change back into academia is that I can focus more on doing what I actually enjoy doing – teaching and mentoring the next generation of data scientists, and being creative with data and code.