E491 Derrick Stuckey, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Precedent

Today's guest is Derrick Stuckey, Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Precedent. Founded in 2022, Precedent uses technology and data solutions to streamline attorney-handled claims. Transparency, standardization and automation is significantly lacking in the current process and Precedent's goal is to reduce administrative tasks, eliminate endless back and forth, and minimize stalemates. This saves insurance carriers and law firms money while reducing errors and helps both parties work more efficiently, ensuring fair and reasonable settlement outcomes.

Derrick is an experienced data scientist with over 10 years of technical experience in a variety of development and information processing environments. He has a rigorous academic background in statistics, machine learning and optimization techniques, as well as communications skills honed in multiple roles providing analytical support to senior decision makers. Derrick is passionate about using data to drive better decisions.

In today's episode, Derrick will discuss:

His background and current work with Precedent,

Applying NLP to solve problems within the legal sector,

Day-to-day life of the engineering team,

The success they have enjoyed so far,

What the near future looks like for Precedent,

Career opportunities with Precedent,

What makes Precent a great place to work