William Yao, PhD
Data Scientist
Analytical minded self-starter with 8
years’ experience in programming and
data analysis. Always strive seek avenues
for collaboratoin with cross-functional
teams.
Experience Education
2022 - Current
Software Engineer - Super Micro Computer, inc
Led data extraction and evaluation efforts on user behavior to drive feature planning and improved engagement by 11%
Led efforts to improve query performance, reducing query overhead by 15%
Built a management portal in C# and SQL server to visualize and analyze the program task timelines, statuses, and provide key performance indicators for management.
Led system design meetings and daily team sync to track team project timelines.
2018 – 2022
Senior Systems Engineer - Abbott
Constructed data pipeline to transform existing data into clinically relevant predictive models using data normalization and statistical techniques (Monte Carlo, uncertainty) in MatLab and Python
Project and Technical Lead:
o Program scope and schedule definition
o Program risk mitigation
o Communicate between senior management and team,
o Oversight of multiple cross-functional inputs
SME representative: in cross-functional meetings (e.g. regulatory, marketing, and tech services)
2013 – 2017
Research Engineer – University of California: Los Angeles
Developed techniques to analyze, visualize, and summarize highly heterogenous pre-clinical datasets into meaningful insights.
2013 – 2017
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
University of California: Los Angeles
2008 – 2012
B.S. Bioinformatics
University of California: San Diego
Skills
Python (NumPy, Pandas,
Jupyter, Scikit-learn)
PCA, HMM, Random Forest
Time-series forecasting
Bootstrapping
OpenCV, TensorFlow, Keras
SQL-Server, SSMS
C#, MatLAB, GitHub
WebAPI, Microservices, Data
management
Contact
37595 Sea Bank St
Newark, CA 94560
adyzfo@r.postjobfree.com