Meet the Athlyticz Team
Our instructors, engineers, and advisors come from the highest levels of sports, academia, and industry. From Pro Sports teams and top universities to open-source communities, this team brings elite experience into every course and project.
MICHAEL S. CZAHOR, PHD
PRESIDENT
Special Assistant @ Marlins
Former Principal Quantitative Analyst @ Tigers
Former Lead Quantitative Analyst @ Phillies
PhD Statistics & Wind Engineering @ Iowa State
SPENCER BARD
HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
Principal Software Engineer @ Datavant
Former Product & Engineering Lead @ Outschool
Former Lead Software Engineer @ Phillies
BS in Computer Science @ MIT
MARY KNOEFERL
HEAD OF MARKETING
Technical Content Creator
Former Category Analyst @ Chewy
BS Meteorology @ Iowa State
DAVID GRANJON, PHD
SR. CURRICULUM ADVISOR
Lead Shiny @ Cynkra GmbH
RInterface Maintainer
Author of Outstanding Interfaces with Shiny
PhD in Applied Math @ Pierre & MC University
VEERLE EEFTINK - VAN LEEMPUT
SR. SHINY INSTRUCTOR
Director @ Hypebright BV
Former Head of Data Science @ Analytic Health
MS Data Science @ Tilburg University
SAIEM GILANI
HEAD OF DATA
Founder/Lead Developer @ Sports Dataverse
Senior Data Scientist @ Hawkeye Innovations
Former Senior Data Scientist @ Swish Analytics
Former Director Data Sci. & Eng. @ Houston Rockets
MS Analytics @ Georgia Institute of Technology
PAUL SABIN, PHD
SR. R INSTRUCTOR
Senior Sports Analytics Fellow @ Wharton (Upenn)
Former VP Football Analytics @ Sumer Sports
Former Senior Data Scientist @ ESPN
PhD in Statistics @ Virginia Tech
SCOTT SPENCER, PHD
SR. BAYESIAN INSTRUCTOR
Applied Analytics Lecturer @ Columbia University
Consulting Data Scientist @ Stan Core Developers
PhD in Jurisprudence @ University of Illinois UC
PATRICK MCFARLANE
SENIOR PYTHON INSTRUCTOR
Director, Predictive Modeling @ Phillies
Maintainer of Basketball Relativity Github
Former Data Engineer @ Bloomberg LP
MS in Aerospace Engineering @ MIT
STEPHANIE INSLER
SR. PERFORMANCE ADVISOR
CEO @ S3D Sidekick
Former COO @ Simi Reality Motion
Authored Publications for MLB & FIFA
Consulted for 13 MLB Teams
JOHN KRZYSZKOWSKI, PHD
SR. PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTOR
Application Engineer @ S3D Sidekick
Authored 18 Peer Reviewed Biomechanics Articles
PhD Exercise Physiology @ TTU
KRISHA VIRA
MARKETING ANALYST ASSOCIATE
Former Marketing Executive @ Anand Rathi Group
MS Marketing Analytics @ University of Rochester