Seth Mottaghinejad

Seth is a data scientist at Microsoft who specializes in training and consulting for clients using Microsoft R Server (MRS). His past work includes training teams of data scientists to use R and MRS, showing how MRS fits in the big-data architecture, and helping with SAS to MRS migration and SQL Server R Services. Before joining Microsoft, Seth worked as an analytics consultant at Revolution Analytics, the R-based big data and analytics company that was acquired by Microsoft in May 2015. Seth also has experience in marketing and customer analytics from prior jobs at American Express and Saks Fifth Avenue.  He is a passionate "R-vangelist", an avid outdoorsman (who moved to Seattle to be close to lakes and mountains), and an amateur globetrotter.