Alyssa Ward
AI Enablement Lead at Guild
Greater Tucson Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlyssa Ward, PhD is an AI enablement and data science leader with 11 years of experience translating behavioral science and analytics into practical business impact across Meta, Twitter, and startups. She blends human-centered executive coaching with technical fluency—R, Python, SQL, modeling, and scalable forecasting—to help leaders and teams adopt AI responsibly and drive measurable outcomes. At Guild she leads AI enablement while also running her own coaching practice that supports high-achieving professionals through career transitions, burnout recovery, and leadership presence. Her Stanford PhD in social psychology informs a rare combination of cultural insight and quantitative rigor, enabling her to design AI workflows that respect human values and organizational dynamics. Known for partnering tightly with Sales, Finance, and Marketing, she turns complex data into trusted forecasts and strategic decisions rather than black-box outputs.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Social Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Social Psychology at Stanford University
Github Skills (15)
data-analysis10
scikit10
statistics10
machine-learning10
python10
data-science10
scikit-learn10
manipulation9
frame9
javascript9
pandas9
data-structures9
open-source9
dataframes8
data-manipulation8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
InsightDataScience/github-tutorial
Sep 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:30 commits, 14 PRs, 23 pushes in 8 months
alyssafuward/Insight-Project
Jun 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches, 2 issues in 1 year 11 months
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