Hui Lin
Staff Data Scientist, Growth
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHui Lin is a Staff Data Scientist with 13 years of experience and a PhD in statistics, currently leading growth analytics at Shopify after several leadership roles within the company. She combines deep expertise in machine learning and experimental design with strong product intuition to translate large-scale web and survey data into actionable product and marketing strategies. Hui has a proven track record of connecting user behavior to perception, presenting complex findings to executives, and mentoring teams as both a senior individual contributor and manager. Her background spans tech and enterprise environments—Google, Netlify, DuPont—bringing a mix of rigorous academic training and practical delivery. Active in the ASA’s Statistics in Marketing section, she brings community leadership and a practitioner’s lens to applied statistical problems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Statistics at Beijing Normal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics at Iowa State University
English, Chinese, northern min
Github Skills (26)
python10
ids10
science10
data-science9
machine-learning9
r-package7
javascript7
html7
react6
statistics4
rmarkdown3
data-analysis3
pandas3
hugo3
r3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
happyrabbit/IntroDataScience
Aug 2017 - Oct 2022
Book Draft: Introduction to Data Science (https://scientistcafe.com/ids/)
Contributions:1 review, 420 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 2 months
pythonsciencedata-sciencemachine-learningids
happyrabbit/DataScienceR
Oct 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:47 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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