Mark Helmus is a data scientist and data engineer currently working at Essent since April 2024 and a partner at The Future Partners since March 2024. Previously, Mark served as a machine learning engineer at Machine2Learn from April 2021 to March 2024, where responsibilities included building and testing advanced machine learning and AI models. Mark also held the position of data-driven online marketer at Belsimpel.nl from June 2017 to October 2018, focusing on monitoring and optimizing online advertisements, and worked as a pricing analyst at Belsimpel between August 2014 and September 2015. Academic qualifications include two master's degrees in Econometrics and Computing Science: Data Science and Systems Complexity from the University of Groningen, as well as a bachelor's degree in Econometrics and Operations Research from the same university, complemented by a secondary education at Piter Jelles Stedelijk Gymnasium Leeuwarden.