{"660308":{"#nid":"660308","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - Data Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, August\u0026nbsp;29, 2022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E12:30\u0026nbsp;p.m. -\u0026nbsp;1:20 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer WC240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Pat Woowong\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Director Data Science\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Affiliation\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Home Depot\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EData Science\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract of Talk:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIt was once my\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Edream to work at one of the big semiconductor companies at the time (Nvidia, AMD \u0026amp; Intel). As luck would have it none of them were hiring when I graduated in 2007. I will walk through my journey of how I became a Director at Home Depot taking a very non-traditional path after graduating from GT with a CompE degree.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EPat graduated from GT in 2007 with degree Computer Engineering. He has worked at only two companies since graduation which is exceedingly rare for someone who graduated 14 years ago. Initially he started working for a defense contractor developing RADAR operating systems. After only 2 years there he was recruited to work as a software engineer at Home Depot and has had many roles across the entire organization. He currently serves as Director of Data Science in Home Depot\u0026rsquo;s Home Services business.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the years he\u0026rsquo;s built many systems across Home Depot some of which have been featured at the Google Cloud Next conference. He loves to travel with his wife Diana and daughter Natalie. He\u0026rsquo;s also an avid home automation enthusiast and generally loves building things.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELinkedIn:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patwoowong\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patwoowong\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPat Woowong, director of data science at The Home Depot\u0026nbsp;will deliver the August 29\u0026nbsp;ECE Student Seminar,\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Data Science.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring Pat Woowong of The Home Depot"}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-08-18 13:59:53","changed_gmt":"2022-08-18 14:23:52","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-08-29T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-08-29T14:20:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-08-29T14:20:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-08-29 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-08-29 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-08-29 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5617","name":"ECE Student Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}