Brian Richmond is a data science leader and people-analytics expert with nearly a decade of industry experience and a longer academic career anchored by a PhD in Anthropological Sciences. He has built and scaled ML, experimentation, and personalization systems that measurably improved engagement, conversion, and retention across health and wellness products, and led data strategy as Aura Health’s Chief Data Officer. Brian combines rigorous scientific training—publishing in top journals and securing major grants—with hands-on engineering in BigQuery, Looker, and LLM-powered agents to drive product and workforce insights. He’s known for translating complex behavioral and organizational questions into deployable models and governance that inform C-suite decisions. Based in San Francisco, he’s also an outdoors enthusiast and father, bringing curiosity and people-first leadership to fast-growing teams.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Biology and History, Bachelor’s Degree Biology and History at Rice University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Anthropological Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Anthropological Sciences at Stony Brook University
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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