Applied Data Science in Action with Vera

Hands on Leadership, GCP, VertextAI, AWS SageMaker, Pytorch, keras, Transformers, Replit Agents, Autogen, CrewAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Replicate fine-tuning, RAG and Full Scale Agentic Embrase
Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery and SQL

Strong Mathematical background, years of industry and academia experience. Applied Statistics and Probability to solve real world business problems and transform business with technology and information.

I have worked for renown companies like The Honest Company, Headspace, AtomTickets, FabFitFun, Shift and SmarterX. 

E-commence experience from pricing a lipstick (https://fabfitfun.com) to BMW (https://shift.com) with a hint of looking into product details, ingredients, image urls to accurately classify a product under regulatory compliance regulation. 

Languages: Java, Scala, Python and SQL

Designed dozens of A/B tests

A/B Testing

OpenAI Fine-tuning all day long, Autogen and CrewAI with yaml rules!

Led teams of data scientist, engineers and analysts.

Implemented MLOps solutions on AWS leveraging SageMaker and AWS ecosystem.

Designed and rolled to production data products such as RecSys built from scratch and using collaborative filtering approach, built dozens of  predicted LTV for e-commerce on user and segment level, worked with multimodal non-structured datasets, worked on performance tuning for foundational models (LoRA, PEFT), used transformers.


Fine-tuned and launched to production classification models, zero-shot learners. 

About me

I bring a unique blend of rigorous mathematical expertise, rooted in my time at the Ph.D. program at UCLA, and extensive real-world experience from working at renowned startups like The Honest Company, Headspace, AtomTickets, and FabFitFun. My journey began as a software engineer, spanning from 2000 to 2012, which equipped me with a solid foundation to transition in 2012 into the world of data science.
 
Over the years, I’ve pioneered several innovative data-driven solutions.
 
Notably, I’ve architected recommendation engines from the ground up, devised retention models to enhance user engagement, and implemented sophisticated algorithms to detect fraudulent activities.
 
My dedication to the field is also reflected in my publications.
 
One of my notable works explores the application of genetic programming to e-commerce,
while another delves into harnessing the power of embedding techniques from LLM to provide real-time answers to consumer queries about inventory.

What sets me apart is my ability to bridge the gap between technical rigor and business strategy.
 
When discussing data science products with CEOs and stakeholders, I emphasize not just the technical intricacies but also the tangible business impacts and transformations they drive.

PAST DATA PRODUCTS​

Used PostgresDB SQL, Python, Kibana and ElasticSearch to retrieve data insights, to enable to product owners, AWS cloud proficiency.

A/B Testing and Design

A/B designed dozens of Data of Data Science experiments to equip stakeholders with information to make decisions and iterate on improvements

AWS Cloud and Data Engineering

Used PostgresDB SQL, Python, Kibana and ElasticSearch to retrieve data insights, to enable to product owners, AWS cloud proficiency. 

E-commerce Products
and Latest Foundational Model work

Know your user base, understand data gaps and digital engagement with your site, your product, prevent users from dropping by attending to the user digital need

High dimensional Embeddings and Applications in ecommerce