About the Author

Jared P. Lander is the founder and CEO of Lander Analytics, a statistical consulting firm based in New York City, the organizer of the New York Open Statistical Programming Meetup, and an adjunct professor of statistics at Columbia University. He is also a tour guide for Scott’s Pizza Tours and an advisor to Brewla Bars, a gourmet ice pop start-up. With an M.A. from Columbia University in statistics and a B.A. from Muhlenberg College in mathematics, he has experience in both academic research and industry. His work for both large and small organizations spans politics, tech start-ups, fund-raising, music, finance, healthcare and humanitarian relief efforts.

He specializes in data management, multilevel models, machine learning, generalized linear models, visualization, data management and statistical computing.