Vanessa Nielsen

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Vanessa Nielsen's Problem Solving Skills:

1. horticulture
2. LED lighting
3. technical writing
4. statistical models
5. data analytics
6. R programming
7. digital agriculture
8. precision agriculture
9. genetics
10. breeding
11. plant biology

Vanessa Nielsen's Problem Solving Experience:

1. - Uncovered agricultural production inconsistencies and suggested remediation methods; reduced crop growing condition variability by 22%
2. - Built proof-of-concept ML algorithms using regression, random forest, and time series forecasting techniques
3. - Automated the generation of key metrics (KPIs) and visualizations by building a custom analytics package in R that reduced generation time by 40 mins/report
4. - Created novel KPIs for clients in an emerging industry and published in industry magazine
5. - Developed new seed selection methods that theoretically cut time-to-market by 1/3 and increase yields 5% by using breeding, geospatial, and remote sensing data