Summary
Bethany Kok is a Senior Manager in Data Science with nine years of experience building scalable, production-first analytics and ML solutions that embed directly into business decisions. She has led cross-functional teams at 2K and BNY Mellon to deliver high-impact projects—from player segmentation and live-service churn models for blockbuster game launches to an AWS SageMaker pipeline detecting dividend-arbitrage tax evasion processing 100M+ transactions annually. Known for turning complex data into familiar, automated tools (including Excel-integrated forecasts and self-updating market-scan programs), she balances technical depth in Databricks, Snowflake, pySpark and NLP with practical stakeholder education and governance, having authored an AI Ethics Framework and corporate training. A former academic and curriculum author, Bethany combines rigorous experimental design and statistical best practices with a talent for mentoring and upskilling teams, and she consistently prioritizes long-term maintainability and trust in data products.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Social Psychology, Ph.D. Social Psychology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. Psychology, B.A. Psychology at St. Olaf College
Spanish, English, German