Denise Gosnell, PhD

Denise is a woman of action who pursues life and her career with passion and enthusiasm. Since August of 2014, Denise has been pursuing her zeal for data science and graph analytics in Charleston, SC where she works as a Data Scientist for PokitDok. In Charleston, she can be found on her paddleboard during the daily commute to and from the historic peninsula.

She received her PhD from the University of Tennessee, and her PhD research has been featured widely at conferences from London to San Diego. A retired college swimmer, former math teacher and National Science Foundation Graduate STEM and IGERT Fellow, her collegiate accomplishments are vast. As a graduate student, she founded the Systers group, two start-ups and was highlighted as a Tennessee Torchbearer.

Recently Denise has been a thought leader for Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In movement for women in computing, and has been cited by USA Today, TechCrunch and other national publications.