Rachel King is a Chief Data Scientist with eight years of experience blending industrial-organizational psychology and data science to build AI-driven assessment and hiring products. She has led cross-functional teams and large research streams at Modern Hire and HireVue, and now guides data strategy and product research at Vero AI. Rachel combines deep psychometric expertise (IRT, scale validation, adaptive testing) with practical ML engineering to deliver automated interview scoring and synthetic validity work that clients trust. She’s skilled at translating complex technical and behavioral insights into clear recommendations for stakeholders and RFPs, and has a track record of implementing process automations that produced measurable time savings. Holding a PhD in I/O Psychology, she brings a research-first mindset to product decisions and an unusual blend of academic rigor and hands-on product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at University of Michigan
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