Summary
James Xie is a Senior Data Scientist with four years of focused industry experience applying statistical programming and big-data techniques across biotechnology and pharmaceutical settings. He has held consecutive senior roles at Guardant Health, Tigermed, Otsuka, Fate Therapeutics, and AstraZeneca, blending hands-on modeling with team-level data strategy and program assessment. Trained with an MS in Data Science from UVA and a mathematics/statistics undergraduate background, he also holds a biotech certificate from the NIH, which informs his domain fluency in clinical and translational data. Known for navigating regulated, high-stakes environments, James bridges rigorous statistical methods and pragmatic production analytics to accelerate drug development decisions. Colleagues describe him as a manager-compatible individual contributor who can translate complex models into auditable, actionable insights for cross-functional teams.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of BioTech, Certificate of BioTech at National Institute of Health
Bachelor's degree Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor's degree Mathematics and Statistics at University of Rochester
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at University of Virginia