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Visionist’s Data Scientist, Adam Sonty, participated in an analytics challenge during the virtual 2020 Sounders FC Soccer Analytics Conference last month. The Seattle Sounders challenged analytics enthusiasts to use data visualization to tell a story and deliver insights that help decision-making processes of key stakeholders at the club. For Adam’s submission, he wanted to show how defensive positioning can impact … Read More

We at Visionist are proud of the way our staff has supported our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past two weeks, Visionist staff volunteered their time to create a website to help get meals to families-in-need in Howard County, MD. Visionist engineer, Joe Shaw, found out that families were not taking advantage of the free meals being provided … Read More

Last Tuesday, RecruitGeM was approved as an NCAA Division I football recruiting/scouting service. RecruitGeM builds on our DraftGeM product. It identifies high school players that have true potential to succeed at the next level. Our player performance curves show it all – both were rated #1 pocket passer by #ESPN, both signed with #Clemson, yet their FBS success was very … Read More

Co-founder and VP of Visionist, Brian Lehman, was a poster presenter at the 14th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston this past weekend. He was able to share his research, ‘Projecting NFL Potential from College Career Performance Curve’, with numerous NFL teams and many others that share a passion for sports analytics.

Visionist is excited to announce that our very own Brian Lehman has been selected as a poster presenter to showcase during the 14th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, March 6-7! He will be showcasing his DraftGeM work and specifically his paper ‘Projecting NFL Potential from College Career Performance Curve’. Can’t wait!! #SSAC20 #RunTheNumbers

For our annual MLK Day team build, the team was challenged to a variety of breakout rooms! The Visionist team worked together in smaller groups to discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks in order to break out of the intricate escape rooms within 1 hour. With no surprise, most of the teams made it out with time to spare!

Visionist Engineer, Christian Bahnweg, participated in Wreaths Across America this past weekend. This organization remembers and honors our veterans by laying wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery as well as at 1,600 additional locations across the U.S., at sea, and abroad.   With Visionist having close ties to the military, both active duty and retired service members, we wanted to express … Read More

Visionist’s UX Designer, Jim Miller, presented at the North American Cartographic Information Society’s annual meeting in Tacoma, WA on October 17, 2019. In his presentation, he discusses different user testing techniques for map designs that range from quick and crowd-sourced to long and moderated to underground and guerrilla. Check out the full presentation here!

Winner winner chili dinner! Visionist had their annual Chili Cook-off yesterday, October 24th. The winners for this year included: 1st Place- Dan Johnson with “Brisky Business”2nd Place- Brian Lehman with “Chowderless Chili”3rd Place- Jo Knox with “Nacho Mama’s Chili” Thank you to all who participated and those who supported this year’s Chili Cook-off!

For our team build this year, the Visionist team brought out their innovative sides and out of the box personalities for something “cool”… an ice cream challenge! This activity challenged everyone to work together in teams to create a delicious and unique ice cream flavor! Check out more photos here!