Elute Insights

Data analytics, ML & AI consulting for smarter business decisions

I'm Jordan Ellis, founder of Elute Insights. I build data analytics, forecasting, and applied AI systems for operations teams — validated against holdout data, not just a slide deck.

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Eight years building forecasting and machine learning systems for retail, healthcare, and fintech operations teams. Based on rigorous statistics first, tooling second.

Services we offer

Three areas of work, each scoped to a measurable business outcome.

Data science

I turn transactional and operational data into forecasts, segmentation, and diagnostics your team can act on — grounded in statistical foundations, not black-box guesses.

Demand forecasting Customer segmentation Operational diagnostics

Machine learning

I design and productionize ML models — churn prediction, risk scoring, demand planning — validated against holdout sets and monitored after deployment, not just accurate in a notebook.

Model development Validation & monitoring Deployment

AI solutions

I build applied AI tools — internal copilots, document extraction pipelines, decision-support systems — scoped to a specific workflow and a measurable result.

Internal copilots Document extraction Decision support

Watch live demos

A short walkthrough of how I approach a forecasting or ML problem end to end. For more project walkthroughs and short trainings, visit the full channel.

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Schedule a call

Talk through your data problem before committing to anything.

A 30-minute call to understand what you're trying to solve and whether it's a good fit — no proposal pressure. Booking opens my Calendly in a new tab.

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30 min
Typical intro call length
2 business days
Usual response time to a booking request

Working models

Three ways to engage, depending on scope and how long you need support.

Hourly

For scoped diagnostic work, a second opinion on an existing model, or a few days of hands-on troubleshooting. Billed in quarter-hour increments, invoiced monthly.

Fixed project-based

For a defined deliverable — a forecasting model, a dashboard, a proof of concept. Scoped with milestones and a fixed price agreed before work starts.

Monthly retainer / fractional data science leader

For teams that need ongoing data science leadership without a full-time hire. I set the roadmap, review model performance, and mentor your analysts on a fixed monthly retainer.

Projects

A sample of recent work. Each entry links to a Google Drive folder with the full write-up.

Problem

A regional retailer's demand planning ran on spreadsheets and gut feel, leading to chronic overstock in slow-moving categories.

Solution

Built a store-level demand forecasting model validated against 18 months of holdout data, integrated into their existing ordering workflow.

Outcome

Reduced overstock write-offs by 22% in the first two quarters.

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Problem

A healthcare scheduling team spent hours each week manually triaging patient no-show risk.

Solution

Deployed a no-show prediction model with a simple internal dashboard, retrained monthly on new appointment data.

Outcome

Cut the missed-appointment rate by 15% and freed roughly six staff hours per week.

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Problem

A B2B software company couldn't tell which support tickets needed engineering escalation before a customer churned.

Solution

Built a ticket-triage classifier and routing tool, trained on two years of historical tickets and outcomes.

Outcome

Reduced time-to-escalation from three days to same-day for high-risk tickets.

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Education

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M.S., Applied Statistics
University of Michigan
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B.S., Mathematics
Ohio State University

Experience

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Data Science Lead, Target
2019–2022
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Machine Learning Engineer, Stripe
2017–2019
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Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente
2015–2017

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