Curriculum Vitae
Lead Analyst, Experimentation — Personalization, Product Analytics & AI Workflows
Experimentation and data science lead with 6+ years in streaming and e-commerce. Specialize in A/B testing strategy, causal inference, personalization research, and building self-serve analytics tooling. Background in Bayesian modeling, ML productionization, and AI-driven workflow automation.
Experience
Lead Data Analyst, Experimentation — Disney Streaming
Sep 2021 – PresentRemote
- Owned end-to-end experimentation across personalization, search, programming, and advertising domains including A/B testing automation, pre/post analysis, metrics development, and research
- Led a research initiative investigating how non-promoted content gets discovered by personalization algorithms, delivering actionable recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders
- Developed novel experimentation metrics (engagement intent, content novelty, vertical positioning) and made them self-serve for partner teams
- Built an experimentation capacity planning tool providing automated insight into test slating and resource allocation
- Demonstrated that broader personalization of content surfacing drove double-digit engagement lifts across all user segments, not just power users
- Integrated AI-driven workflows leveraging MCP connections between Claude, Jira, Databricks, and Google Drive to accelerate stakeholder insights and operational efficiency
Lead Data Analyst, Data Governance — Disney Streaming
Mar 2021 – Aug 2021Remote
- Led team of 2 building API integrations and crawlers to support data governance and compliance
Sr Analyst, Data Instrumentation — Disney Streaming
Jan 2020 – Mar 2021New York, NY
- Developed a scalable data quality monitoring framework using PySpark to optimize validation across large-scale datasets
- Built and maintained Databricks pipelines and Looker dashboards to monitor and communicate data quality health
- Mapped end-to-end data stack dependencies to support cross-functional initiatives
Statistical Analyst — Dia&Co
Nov 2017 – Sep 2019New York, NY
- Built hierarchical Bayesian models and mixed-effects models to estimate product elasticities and measure discount effectiveness with reduced sample sizes
- Developed a predictive replenishment algorithm that reduced inventory out-of-stock periods
- Authored data pipelines to compute and monitor KPIs and inventory state changes for merchandise stakeholders
Data Analyst — Flocabulary
Sep 2016 – Aug 2017Brooklyn, NY
- Designed and productionized ML models (logistic regression, random forest) for conversion prediction, piped directly into Salesforce for sales team prioritization
- Built data cleaning and deduplication pipeline with SQL and fuzzy matching, halving dataset size
Research Associate — NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Jun 2016 – Jan 2017Brooklyn, NY
- Developed iOS and Node.js applications for the goViral participatory health and citizen science research project
- Successfully shipped app to the iOS App Store
Academic Research
2005 – 2015- Brooklyn College (2013–2015) — Microbiology lab management, protocol development, student instruction, and data analysis
- University of Delaware (2010–2012) — Collagen mimetic peptide design for gene delivery scaffolds
- Johns Hopkins University (2008–2010) — Characterization of collagen mimetic peptides; solid-phase peptide synthesis, MALDI, HPLC
- University of New Mexico / Sandia National Labs (2009) — NSF REU; nanoparticle toxicity, protocell drug delivery, confocal microscopy
- Columbia University (2005–2007) — TIRF microscopy of calcium dynamics in cell spreading (Sheetz Lab)
Publications
- Dubin-Thaler BJ, Hofman JM, Cai Y, Xenias H, Spielman I, et al. “Quantification of Cell Edge Velocities and Traction Forces Reveals Distinct Motility Modules during Cell Spreading.” PLoS ONE 3(11), 2008.
- Kohler PL, Chan YA, Spielman I, et al. “Molecular characterization of the recombination locus nlpD/leuS in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.” Molecular Microbiology, 2015.
- Kohler PL, Spielman I, et al. “Characterization of a fluorescent reporter system for Neisseria.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, Online Master of Science in Analytics (OMSA) — In Progress
Metis Data Science Bootcamp
Data Science Intensive — 2016
University of Delaware
MMSE, Materials Science and Engineering — 2012
The Johns Hopkins University
BS, Materials Science and Engineering — 2010
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- PySpark
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- R
- Statistics
- A/B Testing
- Experimentation Design
- Causal Inference
- Machine Learning
- Bayesian Modeling
- Pandas
- NumPy
- Scikit-learn
- StatsModels
- Data Pipelines
- ETL
- Data Governance
- AWS
- Docker
- Git
- CI/CD
- Jenkins
- S3
- Looker
- Metabase
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Flask
- NLP
- Agile
- Data Visualization
- LLMs / AI Agents
- RAG
- Jira
Events & Community
- Contributor, Scikit-learn Open Source Sprint (2019)
- DS4A: Women Summit, Correlation One (2019)
- Pandemic Response Hackathon — Team Frontline Covid Backtracer (2020)
- NYC Startup Weekend — Blogger, Organizer, Advisor (2015–2016)
- Art Grant Recipient and Puppet Show Production (2024)
- Exhibited at Student Showcase Art Exhibit, Oolite (2024, 2025)
- Board Member, 6450 Collins Ave Condominium Association (2026–Present)