Connor Campbell

Data Scientist

Charleston, SC

Overview

Systematic developer with a focus on high-performance analytics and reproducible workflows. Proficient in integrating agentic tools for rapid prototyping and automation, backed by the foundational coding expertise required to build and maintain robust, independent codebases.

Experience

Andrew Davidson & Company · Model Risk Management Lead, Data Scientist

Jun 2021 — Present

Direct risk strategy across model performance, data integrity and public-facing applications and review strategy decisions annually with Board of Directors
Developed a multimodal GraphRAG pipeline that utilizes Nemotron Omni 30B, supports hybrid search and runs exclusively on-premises to support review of a 1000+ pdf/html documentation inventory
Identify strengths and limitations of ML frameworks by building competing models that leverage open-source architectures, e.g. Temporal Fusion Transformers
Manage and own the AutoLDM product suite
Reduced processing times of legacy data pipelines from weeks to minutes using Redshift, Python, Rapids, and good programming practice
Developed an MLOps framework using Prefect to better implement CI/CD/CT practices and improve model reproducibility
Developed default and severity models for the NonAgency product

Fidelity Investments · Asset Management Emerging Tech / Fidelity Labs

Jun 2019 — Jun 2021

Senior Data Scientist

Developed NLP model pipelines that detect FINRA compliance violations that made real-time predictions and suggestions

Data Scientist

Automated extraction of financial information from scanned images using YOLOv3 and a Tesseract replacement (Patent Owner US11790215)
Pre-trained and fine-tuned a BERT model on a proprietary dataset using semi-supervised learning techniques outlined in the BERT paper
Created an NLP pipeline for extracting pertinent language from legal documents with limited labeled training data using XGBoost and Shapley values

Peng Lab, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine · Bioinformatics Analyst

Dec 2017 — Jul 2018

Performed differential expression analysis and consulted with researchers on findings
Analyzed and managed high-throughput RNA sequence data

Education

Master of Science in Analytics North Carolina State University

2019

Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Duke University School of Medicine

2016

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry North Carolina State University

2014