Ava Yang
Lead Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAva Yang is a Lead Data Scientist based in London with 11 years’ experience turning complex data into production-ready models and data products, currently building private markets AI and ML services at S&P Global. She has led quantitative modelling for mortgage and crypto-backed credit risk, calibrated RMBS rating criteria, and driven cross-functional data integration to make advanced analytics operational. Her background spans consultancy and product work—from R Shiny apps and open-source R packages to time-series forecasting and customer lifetime value models—blending statistical rigor with pragmatic engineering. Colleagues know her as a learner and trainer who bridges research and delivery, often translating academic methods from her LSE statistics training into business impact. An understated strength is her fluency across tooling and domains: she moves between credit risk, healthcare marketing, and structured finance while keeping models auditable and production-ready.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
London School of Economics and Political ScienceBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics (Major in Statistics), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics (Major in Statistics) at Xiamen University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (31)
sas10
copula9
htmlwidgets9
pooling8
shiny-apps8
r-package8
linter7
static-analysis7
shiny7
code-analysis7
static-code-analysis6
r6
react5
blogpost5
testing5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
MangoTheCat/BLCOP
Oct 2015 - Jan 2021
Black-Litterman and copula-opinion pooling frameworks
Contributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 1 push in 5 years 3 months
opinionpoolingcopulablack-littermanframeworks
cran/BLCOP
Feb 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 commits in 5 years 1 month
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