Summary
Hedy Hu is a data science specialist and doctoral student in Information Systems with nine years’ experience applying statistical and machine learning techniques across finance, tourism, and healthcare. She has led data science and BI teams at Beijing Universal Resort, deploying recommendation engines (ALS, XGBoost, LSTM), automated scraping and in-house APIs, and building ML visualizations and NLP tools for non-technical users. Previous roles in anti-fraud modeling and NLP for telemarketing at Yirendai and JD Digits reflect deep domain expertise in risk and customer engagement. Trained in managerial sciences and accountancy (Georgia State, UIUC), she combines rigorous quantitative skills (R, Python, statistics) with product-minded implementation. Based in Kowloon, she balances academic research momentum with practical, production-facing systems—often prioritizing usability so analytics power reaches frontline teams.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Accounting at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Master of Science in Managerial Sciences, Business Analysis, Master of Science in Managerial Sciences, Business Analysis at Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, Chinese