Mialy Defelice
Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMialy Defelice is a Data Scientist and former Technical Product Manager with nine years of experience building search and discovery systems, running rigorous A/B experiments, and translating complex technical problems into product strategy. With a PhD in Bioengineering from Stanford and deep roots in research software, she brings a rare combination of life-sciences modeling expertise and production ML/data engineering. She’s led cross-functional teams to deliver FAIR data tooling and search relevance improvements at organizations from Sage Bionetworks to Dropbox and the Allen Institute. Known for shipping scalable data products and debugging nuanced ranking experiments, she excels at balancing relevance and revenue for enterprise customers. Based in Seattle, she quietly blends academic rigor with pragmatic product delivery—often surfacing biological and modeling insights that inform better technical decisions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Microbiology General, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Microbiology General at University of FloridaMaster's degree Biology, Master's degree Biology at University of RochesterDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioengineering at Stanford UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mialydefelice/mialydefelice.github.io
Nov 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
mialydefelice/exp_analysis
Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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