Ryan Timpe

Lead Data Scientist

Ryan from LEGO joined us to chat about using LLMs to help with data science (and all the failures along the way), his recent talk at posit::conf(2025), and growing as a data scientist in the most unexpected ways.

Ryan Timpe

Lead Data Scientist

A lifelong enthusiast of mathematics and those iconic plastic bricks, Ryan has proudly been a data scientist at the LEGO Group since 2019. In this role, he constructs data models to optimize sales and marketing strategies, promoting their usage across the business. Before joining LEGO, Ryan worked as a consultant, where he specialized in market sizing and forecasting within the tech industry. He holds a master’s degree in economics from Boston University.

Libby Heeren - Host

Data Community Manager at Posit, PBC

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.

portrait of smiling Rachael Dempsey standing in front of off-white wall

Rachael Dempsey - Co-host

Community Manager at Posit, PBC

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.