I am a data scientist, physicist and designer who is interested in the stories data can tell. I have led teams, been part of technology start-ups, and consulted with companies both large and small. My work has been published in scientific journals, covered by the popular science press, and I have given talks at scientific conferences in Hawaii, Singapore, San Francisco, Santa Fe and New York. I studied physics at Columbia University and the University of California, Davis, and visual design at Virginia Commonwealth University. I am a NASA Earth and Space Science fellow and a Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School alumni, and most recently, the head of Product at FLYR in San Francisco.
Python and SQL are my languages of choice. I've worked with: JavaScript, C, C++, HTML, CSS, Java, php, CQL, bash shell scripting, Objective C, IDL, Mathematica, MatLab, lisp, and ActionScript.
My most recent experience is with: Spark, Databricks, Numpy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow/Keras, Scipy, Pandas, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Google BigQuery, Matplotlib, Jira, and Confluence. In the past I have used: SQLAlchemy, Celery, Cassandra, Redshift, D3.js, Boto, Flask, HDF5, Django, JQuery, PIL, Ajax, Hadoop, WordPress, MPI, Mathematica, HEALPix, GeoFEST, LaGriT, Polspice, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform
A SaaS platform that applies advanced AI to airline ticket pricing. Backed by Peter Thiel and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Delivering B2B marketing data backed by The Network of Record, the most comprehensive, accurate and up-to date directory of businesses in the United States. Backed by Founders Fund and American Express Ventures.
Creating original short form digital video content on topics ranging from technology to philosophy. A division of Discovery Communications.
K. W. Schultz, M. R. Yoder, J. M. Wilson, E. M. Heien, M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, and D. L. Turcotte
Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016)
K. W. Schultz, M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, M. R. Yoder, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, and A. Donnellan
International Symposium on Geodesy for Earthquake and Natural Hazards (GENAH) 145 29-37 (2015)
K. W. Schultz, M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, and A. Donnellan
Pure and Applied Geophysics In press (2014)
M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, J. R. Holliday, J. Gran, M. Yoder and W. Graves
"Self-Organized Criticality Systems" Open Academic Press (2013)
T. E. Tullis, K. Richards-Dinger, M. Barall, J. H. Dieterich, E. H. Field, E. M. Heien, L. H. Kellogg, F. Pollitz, J. B. Rundle, M. K. Sachs, D. L. Turcotte, S. N. Ward and M. B. Yikilmaz
Seismological Research Letters 83 994-1006 (2012)
T. E. Tullis, K. Richards-Dinger, M. Barall, J. H. Dieterich, E. H. Field, E. M. Heien, L. H. Kellogg, F. Pollitz, J. B. Rundle, M. K. Sachs, D. L. Turcotte, S. N. Ward and M. B. Yikilmaz
Seismological Research Letters 83 959-963 (2012)
M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, D. L. Turcotte, M. B. Yikilmaz, J. B. Rundle and L. H. Kellogg
Seismological Research Letters 83 973-978 (2012)
M. K. Sachs, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday and J. B. Rundle
Computing in Science and Engineering 14 43 (2012)
E. M. Heien and M. K. Sachs
Computing in Science and Engineering 14 10 (2012)
M. K. Sachs, M. R. Yoder, D. L. Turcotte, J. B. Rundle and B. D. Malamud
European Physical Journal Special Topics 205 167-182 (2012)
M. K. Sachs, Y. T. Lee, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday and J. B. Rundle
Research in Geophysics 2 e10 (2012)
M. K. Sachs, Y. T. Lee, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday and J. B. Rundle
International Journal of Geophysics 2012 (2012)
J. B. Rundle, J. R. Holliday, M. Yoder, M. K. Sachs, A. Donnellan, D. L. Turcotte, K. F. Tiampo, W. Klein and L. H. Kellogg
Geophysical Journal International 187 225-236 (2011)
Y. T. Lee, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday, M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, C. C. Chen and K. F. Tiampo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 108 16533-16538 (2011)
*M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, E. M. Heien, K. Schultz, D. L. Turcotte, M. B. Yikilmaz, and L. H. Kellogg (2013)
Abstract NG41A-1662 (Poster) presented at 2013 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 7-13 Dec.
J. B. Rundle, *M. K. Sachs, K. F. Tiampo, J. Fernandez, D. L. Turcotte, A. Donnellan, E. M. Heien and L. H. Kellogg (2013)
Abstract G13C-08 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 7-13 Dec.
*M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, D. L. Turcotte, M. B. Yikilmaz, J. B. Rundle and L. H. Kellogg (2012)
Abstract NG43C-02 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 3-7 Dec.
*J. B. Rundle, M. K. Sachs, J. R. Holliday, E. M. Heien, D. L. Turcotte, A. Donnellan and Z. Meadows (2012)
Abstract S13A-2518 (Poster) presented at 2012 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 3-7 Dec.
*M. K. Sachs, N. Kunz, Z. A. Hamstead, A. Fajardo (2012)
Abstract GS07.28 presented at 2012 Meeting EcoSummit Columbus, Ohio 30 Sept. - 5 Oct.
J. B. Rundle, J. R. Holliday, *M. K. Sachs, W. Graves, P. B. Rundle, S. N. Ward and A. Donnellan (2012)
Abstract SE61-75-A001 presented at 2012 Meeting AOGS Singapore 13-17 Aug.
*M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, D. L. Turcotte, M. B. Yikilmaz, J. B. Rundle and L. H. Kellogg (2012)
Abstract SE61-75-A002 presented at 2012 Meeting AOGS Singapore 13-17 Aug.
*M. K. Sachs, Y. T. Lee, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday and J. B. Rundle (2011)
Abstract NG44B-02 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 5-9 Dec.
E. M. Heien, M. B. Yikilmaz, M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte and L. H. Kellogg (2011)
Abstract NG51D-1672 (Poster) presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 5-9 Dec.
M. T. Glasscoe, R. G. Blom, G. W. Bawden, G. Fox, M. Pierce, J. B. Rundle, J. Wang, Y. Ma, M. R. Yoder, M. K. Sachs and J. W. Parker (2011)
Abstract IN11A-1269 (Poster) presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 5-9 Dec.
*T. E. Tullis, K. Richards-Dinger, M. Barall, J. H. Dieterich, E. H. Field, E. M. Heien, L. H. Kellogg, F. Pollitz, J. B. Rundle, M. K. Sachs, D. L. Turcotte, S. N. Ward and O. Zielke (2011)
Abstract NG44B-01 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting AGU San Francisco, Calif. 5-9 Dec.
M. K. Sachs, Y. T. Lee, D. L. Turcotte, J. R. Holliday and J. B. Rundle (2011)
Abstract B-120 (Poster) presented at 2011 Annual Meeting SCEC Palm Springs, Calif. 11-14 Sep.
E. M. Heien, M. B. Yikilmaz, M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, L. H. Kellogg, and D. L. Turcotte (2011)
Abstract B-087 (Poster) presented at 2011 Annual Meeting SCEC Palm Springs, Calif. 11-14 Sep.
M. B. Yikilmaz, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, E. M. Heien, M. K. Sachs, and L. H. Kellogg (2011)
Abstract B-110 (Poster) presented at 2011 Annual Meeting SCEC Palm Springs, Calif. 11-14 Sep.
T. E. Tullis, K. Richards-Dinger, M. Barall, J. H. Dieterich, E. H. Field, E. Heien, L. H. Kellogg, F. Pollitz, J. B. Rundle, M. K. Sachs, D. L. Turcotte, S. N. Ward, M. B. Yikilmaz, and O. Zielke (2011)
Abstract B-109 (Poster) presented at 2011 Annual Meeting SCEC Palm Springs, Calif. 11-14 Sep.
*M. K. Sachs, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, A. Donnellan and J. W. Parker (2011)
Abstract 7400 presented at 2011 Meeting ACES Maui, Hawaii 1-5 May
M. K. Sachs, E. M. Heien, J. B. Rundle, D. L. Turcotte, M. B. Yikilmaz, L. H. Kellogg, K. F. Tiampo, A. Donnellan, W. Klein and J. W. Parker (2011)
Presented at 2011 Meeting ACES Maui, Hawaii 1-5 May