Alec Hon
Staff Software Engineer at Material Bank®
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAlec Hon is a Senior Software Engineer and machine learning practitioner based in New York with eight years of experience building data-driven systems across retail and enterprise domains. He has progressed from Machine Learning Scientist roles into senior engineering and data engineering positions at Saks before joining Material Bank, blending model development with production data pipelines and software delivery. Alec’s background in chemistry and formal training in data science informs a practical, experimental approach to feature engineering and model validation. He also has hands-on teaching experience at NYU and Columbia, which sharpens his ability to communicate complex technical concepts and mentor peers. Known for bridging research-minded rigor with production reliability, he excels at turning statistical insights into scalable, maintainable systems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Data Science, Certificate, Data Science at UCLA ExtensionMaster of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at New York UniversityBachelors, Chemistry, Bachelors, Chemistry at Columbia College, Columbia University
English, chinese(traditional)
Github Skills (4)
tac5
jupyter-notebook4
data-science3
machine-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
abhon/python-lists-lab-data-science-intro-000
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
abhon/DSGA_1013_Final_Project
Feb 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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