Jan Overgoor
Staff Data Scientist
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolJan Overgoor is a Staff Data Scientist based in Berkeley with a decade of experience building ML-driven products, analytics infrastructure, and data teams across startups and public interest organizations. He combines deep academic training (PhD in Computational Social Science from Stanford) with hands-on product work at Airbnb, SPAN, and Facebook, tackling problems from ranking and personalization to anomaly detection and battery modeling. He advises tech companies and nonprofits part-time, helping design data pipelines, internal tools, and hiring processes for organizations including Redfin, HipCamp, and USDR. Comfortable switching between research, engineering, and management, he has led teams of data professionals and run data programs for government and nonprofit clients. A thoughtful quantitative researcher, he brings expertise in social-network and causal analysis that often surfaces in practical product and policy work.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Artificial Intelligence, Bsc Artificial Intelligence at University of AmsterdamGymnasium Natuur & Gezondheid, Gymnasium Natuur & Gezondheid at Ignatius GymnasiumDoctor of Philosophy - PhD MS&E (Computational Social Science), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD MS&E (Computational Social Science) at Stanford University
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (35)
hint10
deepar10
forecasting10
sql10
linter10
forecast10
pypi10
pytorch9
machine-learning9
time-series9
transformer8
querying8
deep-learning8
meta-analysis8
graph8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
5harad/openpolicing
Jun 2017 - May 2018
The Stanford Open Policing Project - https://openpolicing.stanford.edu
Contributions:25 commits, 14 PRs, 17 pushes in 11 months
stanfordanalysispolicingnetwork-analysisedu
usdigitalresponse/appointment-data-insights
Jun 2021 - Feb 2022
Tools and analysis for historical data from UNIVAF.
Contributions:1 review, 18 commits, 1 PR in 8 months
pythonatsmeta-analysishistoricalhistorical-data
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