Summary
Andreia Nichols is a data scientist-turned-entrepreneur with 11 years of experience applying ML and analytics to personalization and mixed-reality products at Spotify and Microsoft. As cofounder of Firebird LLC, she combines technical fluency in Python, SQL, Azure, and product analytics with a business and administration background to build a subscription-based retirement planning tool aimed at empowering financial freedom. Her career spans hands-on model building, A/B testing, and data infrastructure work for consumer-facing products as well as early-stage recommendation systems and research-driven consulting across multiple languages and cultures. Trained with an MS in Data Science from the University of Washington and an M.Sc. in Administration, she brings both rigorous quantitative skills and strategy experience from roles ranging from project management at Shell to product-focused startups. An uncommon strength is her blend of international field research and enterprise ML practice, which helps her translate real user needs into actionable, data-driven features.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at University of Washington
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Administration, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Administration at FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas
Data Science Immersive Program Data Science, Data Science Immersive Program Data Science at Galvanize Inc
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish