Max Sklar
Co-Founder at Hopscotch Labs
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Sklar is a seasoned software engineer and founder with more than a decade of building ML-powered products and scalable web applications. As Co-Founder of Hopscotch Labs, he is currently shaping a location-based, AI and AR-driven consumer product out of Betaworks Labs. At Foursquare, he designed and implemented ML methods for ad attribution, increasing statistically significant reports by about 30% and expanding control variables from 5 to hundreds, fueling 100% year-over-year revenue growth for that product. He also led Marsbot development, an iOS/SMS assistant that earned Mashable’s 2016 mark as one of the 12 best iPhone apps of the year. Outside engineering, he hosts The Local Maximum podcast and serves as an adjunct instructor teaching Data Structures at NYU, combining hands-on building with education. Based in New York City, he holds an MS in Information Systems from NYU and a BS in Computer Science from Yale, reflecting a strong foundation in both theory and practice.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MS Information Systems, MS Information Systems at New York UniversityBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Yale University
Github Skills (29)
prediction-model10
statistical-inference10
density-estimation10
bayesian10
experimental-design9
bayesian-inference9
python8
inference8
machine-learning8
cassandra7
windows-app7
database6
sql-server6
sql6
firebird6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
maxsklar/BayesPy
Jun 2012 - Dec 2022
Bayesian Inference Tools in Python
Contributions:88 commits, 2 PRs, 28 pushes in 10 years 7 months
pythonbayesian-inferenceinferencestatistical-inferencemachine-learning
maxsklar/LocalMaximum
Feb 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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