Аналитик из Кливленда стал экспертом по данным в Nestle, совмещая опыт из ресторанного бизнеса с искусственным интеллектом

Jordan Chessin always had an obsession with numbers and always loved working with them, but the one issue he encountered was that he was no expert at pulling and cleaning data. So, during the COVID-19 pandemic, while others binged their Netflix library, the Shaker Heights resident spent time teaching himself Microsoft Excel. “I was like, ‘Woah, this just clicks for me,’” Chessin told the Cleveland Jewish News. “Math was always really great for me, and I loved anything related to process improvements, insights and anything involving numbers. I ended up getting a master’s in analytics a little after that. I fell in love with data analysis.” Since January 2025, Chessin has worked as a senior analyst for Nestle in Solon specializing in supply chain data analytics. The 31-year-old Solon High School graduate earned his bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration/management from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. and his master’s degree in quantitative management from Duke University in Durham, N.C. Chessin said he passed Nestle “a million times” growing up, so he was very familiar with the facility. He also is a huge foodie - part of his college admission essay was about his excitement surrounding the rebranding of West Side Market in Cleveland – and he always liked working in the restaurant space. Coming out of graduate school, Chessin worked at Baltimore-based Kalibri Labs, a hotel data analytics company, and he enjoyed the job, but it was a virtual position and he craved to work in person. Then, an opening at Nestle popped up on his radar. “I thought it was a really great fit because I’ve always heard that the culture is fantastic, which it is,” he said. “My favorite part about the company is that I really love my team I’m on, and the culture of the company is absolutely great.” By working in the restaurant and hotel space for years, Chessin had built up experience in process improvements and operations along with developing technical skills to help in his current position. “I work on a lot of tickets for data issues and report enhancements for supply chain analytics,” Chessin said. “So, I work to troubleshoot what’s causing the issue and trying to come up with ideas to prevent the issue from coming up again. I work on process improvements, trying to figure out how we reduce the amount of time it takes to solve a ticket. My background has helped a lot in that type of capacity.” While Chessin’s central role is to solve issues, those problems change from day-to-day. There could be missing data from a product or a certain month, or a report system might not be running that day. His role is to fix the issue to make sure it runs again and prevent further issues down the line. “I also help a lot with trying to increase and improve AI usage throughout parts of the supply chain,” he said. “I help make and run training sessions showing different use cases of AI, specifically related to (Microsoft’s) Copilot. I’ll help show examples of how it helps automate some of your work using Excel or PowerPoint.” In addition to free cookies every day at 2 p.m., Chessin said working alongside his co-workers is one of the most enjoyable perks of his job. “I get a ton of feedback,” he said. “I help run daily meetings with IT or ticket support, and I always get told about areas I did really well in and areas I can improve on. There’s also a huge focus on upscaling and learning new technologies. For instance, they’ve had me take coding classes, speaking classes and project management courses.”