Michael Desir is a Student Coop Data Scientist at USPS Office of the Inspector General and is currently studying Data Science and Legal Studies at American University. He previously served as a research intern with the Montgomery County Police Department, where he led an analytics project into officer use of force and surfaced key insights for senior department leadership. His technical portfolio spans dashboard analytics (Tableau), enterprise-scale machine learning (foundation models, fine-tuning), and data operations and governance (Databricks, Airflow). Additionally, he serves as Chair of the RaptorHacks Organizing Committee, a unique build-a-thon based at Montgomery College.
Data Scientist
USPS OIG
May 2026 – Present · 2 mos
Part of the RISC component; supporting the Data Science Senior Specialist across machine learning, deployment strategies, and innovative data methodologies Skills: Azure Databricks, Hugging Face Products, MLflow, Graph Analytics (Neo4j, Tigergraph, ArangoDB)
Research Intern
Montgomery County Government
Jan 2026 – Present · 6 mos
Embedded with MCPD, guided by TEBS Data Innovation Team to study police use of force in Montgomery County. Developing a comprehensive Tableau dashboard for local trends in use of force and a predictive model for use of force escalation (internal stakeholders only). R (Programming Language), Tableau and +3 skills
Lead Organizer
RaptorHacks
Nov 2025 – Present · 8 mos
Serving as lead organizer of RaptorHacks, the student-led hackathon at Montgomery College. I lead a team of 8 organizers from multiple college organizations in various aspects of the operation, including but not limited to: sponsor outreach, advertising, registration management, and facilities management. Project Management, Event Management and +1 skill
Student Assistant
Montgomery College
Mar 2025 – May 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos
Was running a 3D design/printing lab two weeks after I started, later pivoted to the Office of the SVP for Academic Affairs where I became manager of the collegewide curriculum database and was key in the drafting of several high-level regulatory draftings.
Bachelor of Science, Data Science at American University
2026 – PresentMinor in Legal Studies
Associate of Science - AS, Data Science at Montgomery College
2024 – 2026Raptors Who Code, MC ACM Student Chapter, Data Science Club Tableau, R (Programming Language) and +3 skills
Associate of Arts - AA, Computer Science at Montgomery College
2023 – 2025Grade: Sophomore Activities and societies: Raptors Who Code, STEM Scholars JavaSE, Collaborative Problem Solving and +5 skills