Jalen Banks

Director of Data Science at Tandem Commerce · Demand forecasting

Tandem Commerce

New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)

10+ years experience

Virginia Tech

English

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Overview

22 years in data science and analytics, the last 1 at Tandem Commerce, where I lead the forecasting team. Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week. Taught SQL to 181 non-analysts. Most at home with inventory optimisation and time series.

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Skills

Sparkinventory optimisationrules enginesSQLtime seriesPython

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

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Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for inventory forecasting for dental practices

The idea: Inventory forecasting for dental practices
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 14 years in demand forecasting
Looking for: Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment: Full-time now
Location: New York or remote

I bring 22 years of demand forecasting (currently Tandem Commerce). Ideally you've led a design team. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

New York, NYsqlrules enginesspark

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Office hours for early-stage teams: demand forecasting and rules engines

Topics: demand forecasting, inventory optimisation, SQL
Format: Calls
Terms: Paid
Capacity: Two calls a month
Best for: Seed to Series A teams

22 years of demand forecasting. Can review plans, decks and hiring loops.

New York, NYtime seriesrules enginespython

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Experience

Director of Data Science
Feb 2026 - Present
Tandem Commerce · 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Reduced stock-outs by 38% in the first season.
- Taught SQL to 92 non-analysts.
Analytics Manager
Jul 2023 - Feb 2026
Cloudflare · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
Senior Data Scientist
Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
DoorDash · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Built the forecasting models now used in 6 product decisions a quarter.
- Taught SQL to 85 non-analysts.
Staff Data Scientist
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
AT&T · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
Data Analyst
Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
Accenture · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
- Taught SQL to 187 non-analysts.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from forecasting

2023

What went wrong and what worked while scaling demand forecasting.

Write-up: demand forecasting in practice

2022

A long-form guide to demand forecasting for people starting out.

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Education

Virginia Tech
BS, Statistics
1999 - 2003

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