RYAN ZERNACH

Senior AI Systems Engineer

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๐ŸŽ“ Data Science & Machine Learning Tutor

Served as a remote Data Science & Machine Learning Tutor at edX from July 2020 to Sept 2021. During the pandemic, I taught 900+ online college students across Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, and 24+ other universities.

๐ŸŽ“ Data Science & Machine Learning Tutor
Students across Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, and 24+ other universities

Student Project Snapshots

These are representative project themes students brought into tutoring sessions across universities, spanning prediction systems, dashboards, data visualization, and applied analytics.

๐Ÿฆ Approved Or Denied?

Washington University in St. Louis, MO

๐ŸŒ† MetroGnomics

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN

๐Ÿฅ— Visualizing Webscraped Nutrition

University of North Carolina

๐Ÿ“ˆ Investment Guide

Washington University in St. Louis, MO

๐Ÿšฒ Plan Your Divvy Trip

Northwestern University in Chicago, IL

๐Ÿก Home Price Predictions in Iowa

University of Iowa City, IO

๐ŸŽฎ EA Sports: It's in the Game

University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill

๐Ÿ’ธ Credit Risk Evaluation

University of Richmond, VA

Student Feedback

The strongest signal from this work was repeatable student progress: better technical confidence, stronger project execution, and clearer understanding of difficult concepts.

Mihee Park

Georgia Institute of Technology

Mubashira Qari

Rutger's University

Spencer Fox

UNC Chapel Hill

Emi Lopez

UNC Chapel Hill

Chris Padilla Gregorio

Columbia University

Lovensky Lubin, MBA

Rutgers University

Luis Acevedo Jr

Florida International University

Data Science & Machine Learning Tutor at edX

I worked as a Data Science & Machine Learning Tutor at edX from July 2020 to Sept 2021. In this role, I taught 900+ online college students during the pandemic in remote 1:1 instruction, managing 30+ students per week in one-hour sessions across Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley, and 24+ other universities. The teaching stack centered on Python, machine learning, TypeScript, websites, and databases.

What I Taught

Core software and data topics used in student projects

How I Taught

Clear communication, repetition, and applied problem solving

Impact at Scale

High-volume instruction with practical outcomes