Keith Goldner is the Vice President of Data Science at FanDuel, where he oversees the company’s sports modeling and innovation. He’s also the Chief Analyst for numberFire, the sports projection company he helped start straight out of college about a decade ago. In this episode, Keith talks about…

• What he does for FanDuel and numberFire
• Working with NBA teams, both now and a decade ago
• The most important thing in communicating data
• How to break into the sports analytics field
• What he looks for when hiring employees
• Three main avenues for sports analytics jobs
• Majoring in math at Northwestern
• Value of internships
• His tough decision to choose a startup over a team job after college
• Differences between backward-looking and forward-looking modeling
• State of field hockey analytics
• Hanging out with Shaq

Show links - Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithgoldner - Keith’s web site - FanDuel and numberFire - Sloan Sports Analytics Conference panels - Forbes 30 under 30 - Drive-By Football - Follow @TruMediaSports on Twitter