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Ben Zito

Data Scientist and AI Specialist

I’m a data scientist and machine learning engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton, working on large language models, computer vision, and forecasting.

My skills also span customer analytics and e-commerce improvement. I make complex data clear and actionable for business owners, with a focus on understanding customers and informing better decisions.

Specialties

  • LLMs & natural language processing
  • Computer vision
  • Time series forecasting
  • Customer analytics
  • E-commerce improvement

Résumé

Washington, D.C.–Baltimore

Experience

— Present

Data Scientist, Level II

Booz Allen Hamilton

Full-time · Arlington, VA · On-site

Data science and AI/ML engineering for defense and research & development clients.

  • Fine-tuned and deployed large language models for automated content generation; led AI engineering on LLM research & development projects.
  • Built image and audio classification models, including speech emotion recognition.
  • Developed forecasting pipelines for behavioral prediction.
  • Contributed technical and financial modeling to complex business analyses.
  • Received two “Living Our Values: Passionate Service” awards for exceeding project expectations.

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Data Analysis Intern

The Burr Project

Internship · Remote

Explored applications of data science to U.S. politics and elections at a nonpartisan political research and consulting firm, using Python and data sourcing.

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Customer Insights and Growth Technologies Intern

Network for Good (now Bonterra)

Internship · Remote

Supported the customer insights and data science team at a nonprofit SaaS company. Generated marketing, sales, and product insights to support revenue and efficiency.

Education

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The Catholic University of America

Bachelor’s degree in Politics
Minor in Computer Science

Skills

Languages
Python, R
Machine learning
Supervised & unsupervised learning, NLP, LLM fine-tuning & hosting, computer vision, time series forecasting
Data & business
Data analysis, geospatial data, customer insights, e-commerce improvement, technical & financial modeling

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