Founded in circa 2009-2010, CRUG has become a cornerstone of the Chicago R community. Today, in the third generation of leadership, CRUG has grown to over 3,900 members.

Below are current organizers made up of various analytical backgrounds including mathematicians & statisticians, data analysts & scientists, technology executive architects, financial risk managers, transportation planners, and professors.

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Anne Corinne Carroll

Director of Assessment and Evaluation at Rush University

Quantitative social scientist applying theory and research.
Background includes test development and validation, structural equation modeling,
multilevel modeling, longitudinal analysis, invariance testing, mediation, and moderation
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Parfait Gasana

Operations Research Analyst at Argonne National Lab

MS in Economics specializing in data analytics
including migration, visualization, aggregation, modeling, database development
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Troy Hernandez, PhD

IBM Executive Architect

Data scientist, activist, and
Chairman of the Cook County Green Party.
https://troyhernandez.com/
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Gene Leynes

Data Scientist at City of Chicago

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Justin M Shea

Director, CCCF Honors Finance/Assistant Professor of Finance

Google Summer of Code R-project Evaluating Mentor,
Quantitative Finance & Data Analytics consultant, and
conference/co-organizer leader
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