Jesse Canchola is a native Californian with over 30 years of analysis, consulting and teaching experience in academia (at the University of California, San Francisco and California State University, East Bay) and industry (Alpha Therapeutic Corporation, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Tethys Bioscience, and Roche Diagnostics Solutions). Having been originally trained in statistics at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA, his main research interests include linear models and predictive analytics.