Itamar Faran
Data Scientist
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolItamar Faran is a data scientist with a robust applied statistics background and seven years of experience turning research-grade methodology into production-ready solutions. He has led cross-company A/B testing and Bayesian initiatives at Wix, developed Bayesian models for insurance at Vesttoo, and now builds cohort-based financial forecasting, causal ML and computer vision systems at Fido. Comfortable across the full data lifecycle, he combines rigorous statistical inference with pragmatic engineering—deploying live predictions, multi-armed bandits and LTV estimators. His academic work on comparing correlation-matrix populations reflects a deep comfort with non-linear statistical theory that feeds into practical experiment design and causal analysis. A collaborative partner to product managers, engineers and analysts, he focuses on improving data-driven decision making rather than just delivering models. Based in Tel Aviv, he blends research rigor with production impact, often bridging gaps between statistical theory and business metrics.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Applied Statistics, Master of Arts - MA, Applied Statistics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew, English, python
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Github Skills (109)
split-testing10
operation10
python10
user-feedback10
storekit10
remote-config10
receipt-validation10
unleash10
scientific-computing10
statistics10
feature-flags10
controlling10
recurly10
abtest10
scipy10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
itamarfaran/scipy
Jul 2020 - Aug 2024
Scipy library main repository
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
scipypython
itamarfaran/correlation_glm
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
Contributions:145 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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