Summary
Francis Tan is a Senior Data Scientist based in Seattle with 12 years of experience applying analytics and machine learning to drive business impact at scale, currently leading data science efforts at Microsoft. He blends technical depth in Python, R, SQL, and production analytics with a strategic, stakeholder-focused mindset honed through roles spanning ETL, dashboarding, and quota modeling. His background includes building data warehouses, automated reporting systems, and sentiment/clustering analyses that produced measurable workflow and revenue improvements. An MBA in Analytics and prior experience as a business banker and instructor give him a rare combination of commercial acumen, teaching ability, and hands-on engineering. Colleagues rely on him to translate ambiguous business questions into reproducible, deployable models and actionable insights.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Data Science, Data Science at General Assembly
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Analytics, 3.98, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Analytics, 3.98 at University of San Francisco School of Management
University of California, Irvine
English, Indonesian, German