Ethan Shen
Senior Data Scientist
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolEthan Shen is a Senior Data Scientist based in New York with eight years of experience applying statistical science and machine learning to credit risk and financial markets. A Duke Statistics alumnus with advanced training in data science and computer science, he has progressed from research and teaching roles into production data science at Empower and Cherry, now leading efforts as Senior Data Scientist. His background blends rigorous academic work—an honors thesis on spatio-temporal soccer analytics—with hands-on credit and capital markets experience at BlackRock and product-focused risk modeling in fintech. Ethan is comfortable translating complex models into operational systems and brings a curiosity for socially conscious, fast-paced environments that informed his early leadership in student programs. Notably, his career shows a pattern of quickly stepping into higher-impact roles, pairing domain knowledge in finance with practical engineering skills.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistical Science, Minor in Math, Bachelor of Science - BS, Statistical Science, Minor in Math at Duke UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyMasters of Computer Science - Data Science, Masters of Computer Science - Data Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSouth Forsyth High School
ChineseProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
scottheng96/STA440_case_study_2
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:69 pushes in 23 days
ethann-shen/pace-of-play-thesis21
Mar 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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