Nick Wan

Nick Wan is in his eighth season with the Cincinnati Reds, his fourth as head of the baseball analytics group and his second with a new title of Senior Director. He oversees day-to-day analytics operations for the Major League team, Player Development, Psychology & Cognition, Professional Scouting and Amateur Scouting. Wan previously spent four years as a data scientist with the Reds, developing analytics for the Major League team and Player Development and Psychology & Cognition departments. He returned to the Reds in 2022 after spending a year as the Manager of Data Science for Kentucky Fried Chicken, where he built out data science capabilities for the United States operations. Wan earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Utah State University, where he studied the neuroscience of social strategies, and earned his B.S. in Psychology from Saint Mary’s College of California. Nick is the game show host for SLICED, a competitive data science competition streamed on his Twitch channel. His last name rhymes with “ran.”

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.