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For more than 25 years, Predictum has empowered engineers and scientists with a renewed approach to their demanding work

About Us

For over 25 years, Predictum has enabled companies to achieve higher levels of productivity, operational improvement and innovation, and realize significant savings in cost, materials, and time. Our team of engineers, data scientists, statisticians, and programmers leverages deep expertise across various industries to provide our clients with unique solutions and services that transform data into insightful discoveries in engineering, science, and research.

Our Approach

We are dedicated to advancing the productivity, performance and operational improvement of the engineering, science, and research initiatives of our clients’ organizations. We collaborate with our clients on understanding their most pressing business challenges and help them embark on new analytics initiatives to foster an organizational culture of collective intelligence, higher productivity and performance, and strong governance. We investigate their unique business needs and recommend strategic roadmaps for advanced analytics. We also help them put together a solid business case to be promoted to their senior management for current and future analytics projects.

Project needs assessment

Gain an understanding of clients’ business challenges that are obstacles to success. Conduct a thorough investigation of data-ingestion processes (sources, formats, equipment, platforms, and technologies) currently being used to determine potential solutions, scope of project requirements, approach to data structuring and transformation, suitable platforms and technologies, and potential training opportunities.

Proof of concept

Requirements analysis is critical to the success or failure of a Proof of Concept (POC). A POC captures statistically valid, representative data from users in three stages: data preparation, modeling, and evaluation.

Quality assurance testing and performance validation

Quality assurance includes fine tuning critical process parameters and critical quality attributes,  as well as performance evaluation and validation, before implementation and deployment.

Our Team

We are a team of highly skilled professionals committed to the advancement of problem solving, error prevention, and knowledge discovery.  Our integrated analytical applications enable our clients to work and innovate more productively.

Our team is our most valued asset.  Our deep expertise, diverse range of skills and shared vision enable us to deliver outstanding results and inspire client confidence in all that we do.

Wayne Levin
President and CEO

Wayne J. Levin

Wayne is the President and CEO at Predictum, leading the charge for more than 25 years.

Wayne Levin is the President and CEO at Predictum. He has been leading the charge of Predictum team for more than 25 years. He is passionate about delivering integrated analytical applications for engineers and scientists in various industries to improve productivity and operational performance. Wayne also leads statistical training courses and workshops, and speaks at conferences and events. He has forged a strong and longstanding partnership with JMP, a business unit of SAS Institute, as a major JMP customization and training partner. Wayne holds an M.A.Sc. in Engineering with a focus on research methods from the University of Waterloo and a B.A.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Cy Wegman
Sr. Analyst

Cy Wegman

Cy specializes in data analytics, empirical modeling and optimization.

Cy Wegman is a Senior Analyst at Predictum. He specializes in data analytics and empirical modeling and optimization. Before joining Predictum, he worked for 38 years at Procter & Gamble, where his last assignment was the Empirical Modeling leader for the company. Cy is a member of the P&G Prism Society, which represents the top 1% of P&G engineers, for profitably applying his technical mastery. His contributions have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings. His cross-industry work in manufacturing, engineering, and R&D has spanned molecular-scale to full-scale technologies, as well as material, formulation, process, packaging, and consumer models. Cy holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Phil Ramsey
Sr. Data Scientist

Philip Ramsey

Phil specializes in modern experimental design and analysis strategies in engineering and science.

Phil is a Senior Data Scientist and Statistical Consultant at Predictum. He provides consulting services in data science, statistics, and machine learning for integrated analytical systems, custom projects, and training. He specializes in modern experimental design and analysis strategies and the use of statistics, data science, and machine learning in engineering and science.

In addition, Phil is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) where he teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in design of experiments, machine learning, and statistical methods for quality improvement. He has held the following relevant industrial positions: Senior Engineer for Materials and Processes Development, McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, MO; Staff Scientist/Statistician, Alcoa Technical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; and Statistician/Senior Engineer, Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials (now Dow), Marlboro, MA.

Phil holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Marie Gaudard
Sr. Data Scientist

Marie Gaudard

Marie specializes in data science, predictive modeling, design of experiments, and machine learning.

Marie is a Senior Data Scientist at Predictum. She specializes in predictive modeling, design of experiments, statistics, and machine learning. She has extensive experience in consulting and statistical training in a wide variety of industries.

Marie is Professor Emerita of Statistics at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), where she has worked extensively with students and companies on the practical application of statistics. She is also a co-author of two books, one of which is about the use of JMP software and statistical methods to improve quality and the other is about the partial least squares technique. She was also a statistical writer for several years as a member of the JMP documentation team at SAS Institute.

Marie holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Asit Raikar
Sr. Analyst

Asit Rairkar

Asit specializes in Design of Experiments, process and product development, and operations scale-up.

Asit Rairkar is a Senior Analyst at Predictum. He specializes in Design of Experiments, process and product development, and operations scale-up. He has over 18 years of experience in companies ranging from small startups such as MiaSolé to technology giants such as Apple, Applied Materials, and Lam Research. At Apple, he led two large projects in battery engineering, including building up its largest, on-site, battery-testing lab. At MiaSolé, a former thin-film solar start-up, he led efforts in process development, and the commissioning and running of its 24/7 pilot plant.

In addition, Asit is also an adjunct faculty member in Electrical Engineering at California Polytechnic University and has been a board-member and vice-chair for a non-profit organization.

Asit holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University, a BS in Engineering from University of Pune, India and several specialization certificates in data science, machine learning, and deep learning.

Bernd Heinen
Sr. Data Scientist

Bernd Heinen

Bernd specializes in predictive modeling, design of experiments, and machine learning.

Bernd is a Senior Data Scientist at Predictum, specializing in predictive modeling, design of experiments, and machine learning.

Prior to joining Predictum, Bernd worked as a JMP Systems Engineer at SAS Institute with various responsibilities in global sales and technical enablement for over 10 years. For many years, he had an active IT consultancy business, providing business process design, system development and project management services to his customers. He began his career as a biometrician, consulting with applied scientists on their research and development work in the fields of medicine and agriculture.

Bernd has also evaluated and supported registrations for new commercial and consumer products in the chemical industry. In corporate training, he has developed and delivered on-site and online statistical courses, tailored to the needs of engineers and scientists and their relevant application areas, for public and private clients. He is delighted to hear occasionally from participants who say they never before could have imagined that "applying statistics could be fun."

Bernd holds a M.Sc. in Statistics from TU Dortmund University, Germany.

JD Landgrebe
Consultant and Excel Specialist

JD Landgrebe

JD specializes in consulting and training services on Microsoft Excel, analytics, and predictive modeling for R&D, engineering, and business.

JD specializes in consulting and training services on Microsoft Excel, analytics, and predictive modeling for R&D, engineering, and business. His short bio is coming soon.
Sylvia Fox
Project Manager

Sylvia Fox

Sylvia oversees project monitoring and control, managerial reporting, and more.

Sylvia is the Project Manager at Predictum. She oversees project monitoring and control, resource allocation and scheduling, managerial reporting, and risk management in client projects. Before joining Predictum, she was a project manager at a large oil, gas, and petrochemical company. Sylvia holds a B.Math. from the University of Waterloo.
Miha Jakovac
Software Engineering Manager

Miha Jakovac

Miha leads the software development team in designing, developing, and testing integrated analytical applications.

Miha Jakovac is the Software Engineering Manager at Predictum. He leads the software development team in designing, developing, and testing integrated analytical applications. He has extensive knowledge and experience in back-end applications development, Azure cloud development, DevOps services for delivering business solutions in various industries. He is certified as a ScrumMaster by Scrum Alliance and as a MCSD App Builder and Azure DevOps Engineer Expert by Microsoft.

Before joining Predictum, he worked as a consultant, team lead, software architect, and engineer for various large and small Slovenian companies, including GEN-I, d.o.o., Evo-Teh, d.o.o., and Enerdat - S, d.o.o.

Miha holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Ljubljana.

Ben Peachey Higdon
Software Engineer

Ben Peachey Higdon

Ben is a software engineer at Predictum, with particular interests in data science and predictive modeling.

Ben is a software engineer at Predictum. Drawing on his diverse scientific background, Ben works to develop applications across the ecosystem of Predictum products. His particular interests are machine learning and predictive modeling. Ben holds an M.Sc. in data science from Ryerson University and a B.Sc. in nanoscience from the University of Guelph.
Farhan Mansoor
Software Engineer

Farhan Mansoor

Farhan specializes in integrated analytical applications development and is the lead developer for the CoBase application.

Farhan Mansoor is a Software Engineer at Predictum. He specializes in integrated analytical applications development, machine learning, and is the development lead for Predictum’s CoBase application. Farhan holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.
Heidi Hardner
Software Engineer

Heidi Hardner

Heidi is a software engineer at Predictum, specializing in integrated analytical application development.

Heidi is a software engineer at Predictum, specializing in integrated analytical application development.

Before joining Predictum, she worked in the magnetic recording industry where she transformed data from manufacturing and technology development into valuable insights. She has deep experience in wafer processing, metrology and product integration and took a special interest in image data, machine learning, and custom applications based on JMP Scripting Language (JSL) for engineers.

Heidi holds an A.B. in Physics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Software Engineer

Max Melendez

Max is a software engineer at Predictum, specializing in integrated analytical application development.

Max Melendez De La Cruz is a Software Engineer and develops integrated analytical applications, such as the Predictum System Framework and Self-Validating Ensemble Modeling, in the ecosystem of Predictum products. He codes and implements features and functionality that support ETL processes, reporting, and analysis. He also helps onboard new development team members.

Before joining Predictum, Max worked as a Software Engineer Intern at a tech start-up company where he enabled third-party API integration, identified and applied DevOps best practices using GitHub, developed front-end software components, and deployed Amazon Web Services (AWS) for an in-house .NET application.

Max holds a B.Sc. in Computing Science from the University of Alberta.

Jason Erb
Sr. Programmer

Jason Erb

Jason specializes in software and IT development, database and equipment integration, and more.

Jason is a Senior Programmer/Analyst at Predictum. He specializes in software and IT development, database and equipment integration, and security risk identification and analysis. Jason holds a B.Math., specializing in Computer Science.
Web Developer

Journey Gault

Journey is a web developer at Predictum, specializing in web development and quality assurance testing.

Journey Gault is a Web Developer at Predictum, specializing in web application development, quality assurance testing, and JMP Scripting Language (JSL) development. Before joining Predictum, he gained web development experience with a primary focus on HTML email development in the advertising industry. His other notable and interesting job roles include opera singer and brewmaster. Journey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in classical music, specializing in operatic vocal performance, from Concordia University, a diploma in Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management from Niagara College, and a postgraduate diploma in Web Development from Humber College.
Sr. Account Executive

Angela Mingo

Angela is a Senior Account Executive at Predictum and is responsible for cultivating and managing a superior customer experience for clients.

Angela is a Senior Account Executive at Predictum and is responsible for cultivating and managing a superior customer experience for clients and helping them to become familiar with Predictum's products and services. Before joining Predictum, Angela worked for 18 years in the aviation industry in various progressive positions, most recently as a Sales Support Manager of a manufacturer of aircraft equipment, where she oversaw sales accounts with major airline companies and equipment brokers in North America. She was also a Repair Co-ordinator for the supply chain management of a large aviation maintenance repair organization. She held several positions during her tenure at a large telecommunications company, where her most senior role was Customer Service Manager. Angela holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management.
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Account Executive

Austin Nann

Austin specializes in business development, sales, and marketing.

Austin specializes in business development, sales, and marketing. His short bio is coming soon.
Leslie Wubbel
Account Executive

Leslie Wubbel

Les specializes in pharmaceutical market analysis and content generation.

Leslie (Les) Wubbel is an Account Executive at Predictum. He provides strategic advice for sales and marketing campaigns and product positioning. He specializes in target market analysis and research of the pharmaceutical industry and the development and implementation of marketing campaigns. Before joining Predictum, Les was the President of OpenVessel LLC, a start-up company offering open-source diagnostic technologies based on machine learning and AI for 1.5 years, during which OpenVessel won the Nittany AI competition as a 2020 finalist. He now serves as a volunteer manager for OpenVessel, which has since become an open-source code project. Previously, he held internships at Sanofi U.S. in its Data Science department and Viral Technology department. Les holds a B.S. in biotechnology from The Pennsylvania State University.
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Marketing Director

Nathaniel Leies

Nathaniel specializes in sales, marketing, and business development.

Nathaniel specializes in sales, marketing, and business development. His short bio is coming soon.
Annie Leung
Sr. Technical Writer

Annie Leung

Annie specializes in technical communications, editing, and marketing copywriting.

Annie is a Senior Technical Writer at Predictum. She specializes in technical communications and editing for software user documentation, as well as marketing copywriting for business development and customer engagement campaigns. She also performs user testing of software features and provides input for UX improvements. Before joining Predictum, Annie was the documentation team lead and marketing copywriter for a manufacturing execution software company. She is also a member of Editors Canada where she has served on various local and national committees. Annie holds a B.A. in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Toronto and completed a postgraduate certificate in technical communications.
Irena Hopper
Office Manager

Irena Hopper

Irena is the Office Manager at Predictum.

Irena is the Office Manager at Predictum.

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