About me

I am:

  • a data scientist / researcher / statistician
  • a Python programmer
  • a data visualization expert

I value:

  • honesty & integrity
  • empathy, making room for dissent & equitable collaboration
  • creativity & curiosity
  • scientific objectivity & evidence-based decision making
  • an ethical and equitable approach to data science, AI, data collection, data sharing, software development & business practices

I thrive on:

  • frank and respectful communication
  • dedicated hours for deep work
  • dedicated hours for equitable collaboration
  • proof-of-concept challenges that call for creativity, exploration & innovation
  • brainstorms, hackathons & open-ended discussions
  • meaningful impact
  • flexible schedule
  • remote work
  • clarity & strategic alignment over micromanagement

I can help with:

  • statistical analysis
  • machine learning
  • network analysis
  • NLP
  • data collection, management & cleaning
  • data visualization & storytelling
  • building proof-of-concept/demo/MVP data-driven apps
  • data research replicability & ethical data research practices
  • empowering an innovative & responsible data-driven team

I practice:

  • continuous learning
  • research stewardship: I take care to provide context and limitations to the research findings I present to prevent misinterpretation & misuse
  • supporting and championing my teammates
  • looking for opportunities to reduce unfair bias, innovate & introduce new ideas
  • data version control in addition to code version control
  • cross-team collaboration & knowledge sharing
  • bridging the gaps between tech folks & non-tech folks
  • documentation

I have a very particular set of skills:

  • data analysis & statistical inference
  • machine learning
  • NLP
  • network analysis
  • data visualization & storytelling
  • data management
  • data scraping
  • frontend web development
  • code version control
  • data version control
  • cloud computing
  • OKR goal setting

I have industry experience in the following domains:

  • data science strategy
  • media misinformation detection
  • recommender systems
  • healthcare data, EMR
  • online behavioral analysis & social networks
  • medical research
  • financial data
  • fraud detection

I’ve worked as a:

  • senior data scientist
  • senior research scientist
  • data scientist
  • senior information systems programmer
  • data visualization consultant
  • data analyst
  • web developer