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Experience
Yelp, Inc. San Francisco, CA
Data Scientist May 2017–present
○␣ Spearheaded time series revenue forecasting, retention modeling and causal inference initiatives
○␣ Led ad sales territories mapping geo-simulations, geo-experimentation and matching optimization
○␣ Prototyped and wrote production code for Random Survival Forest and multi-stage Xgboost+Cox
Proportional Hazards models of advertiser retention, written in Python and R
○␣ Led Bayesian experiment platform analysis on issues incl. multi-armed bandits and multiple comparisons
○␣ Launched and led Data Science (DS) Learning Group and Women in Data Science; served as interim
Team Lead for Core DS team, former long-term Data Scientist on Applied Machine Learning team
Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. Economics, M.A. Economics 2014
Yale University New Haven, CT
M.A. International and Development Economics 2008
University of California - Berkeley Berkeley, CA
B.A. Economics and B.S. Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude 2007
Technical Skills
Computing Languages: Python, SQL, R, Spark, MatLab, Stata; Mathematica, HTML, ArcGIS (limited)
Modules & Applications: NumPy, SciPy, pandas, GeoPandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib, Plotly, TensorFlow,
Keras, StatsModels, Jupyter, caret, survival, LATEX, AWS, Docker, Flask, NGINX, Tron Batch Scheduling
Techniques: Classification & Regression Trees (CART), Optimal Control, Time Series Forecasting, Causal
Inference, A/B Testing & Experimental Design, Bayesian & Frequentist Statistics, Regression & Regular-
ization, Support Vector Machines (SVM), (Geo) Clustering, Survival Modeling, Deep Learning - Neural
Networks (CNNs & RNNs), Geospatial Matching & Optimization, Dynamic Stochastic Optimization
Natural Languages: Fluent Mandarin Chinese, intermediate German, basic Turkish, basic French