Systems that have to work
Nearly three decades building, operating, teaching, and improving data systems—from Department of Defense applications to cloud pipelines for professional sports.
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Christopher
Merry
DATA ENGINEER / DECISION SCIENTIST / BUILDER
I’m a data engineer, decision scientist, and lifelong baseball guy who likes building things and figuring out how they work. My career has taken me from the Air Force and Oracle to Major League Baseball and sports analytics, while coaching, umpiring, and continuing to play the game have kept baseball at the center of my life. Today, I’m bringing those experiences together through software, forecasting, and the study of how we make better decisions under uncertainty.
I build systems that turn data into better decisions.
One long thread
TECH → DATA → BASEBALL → DECISIONSWhat happens after the data?
Forecasting, calibration, model evaluation, and the difficult work of separating a sound decision from a lucky outcome.
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Fan, player, coach, umpire, and former MLB data engineer. Each perspective changes what you notice about the next play.
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