Ricardo Bion
VP Of Data Science And Analytics
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolRicardo Bion is a senior data science executive with 11 years of experience scaling analytics and ML teams across consumer tech, now serving as VP of Data Science and Analytics at Slack. He previously led large monetization and product data organizations at Instagram and Airbnb, overseeing experimentation, econometrics, tooling, and cross-functional analytics for ads, commerce, supply and pricing. A Stanford PhD with international research and consulting experience, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on leadership of 60–100+ person teams and multiple director-level managers. Based in Oakland, he excels at translating complex causal and ML work into product and revenue impact across Product, Sales, and Operations. Notably, his background spans both deep research roles and operationalizing large-scale experimentation platforms, making him equally comfortable with strategy, people leadership, and technical delivery.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (Germany), Master's degree (Germany) at University of PotsdamGraduate coursework (Finland), Graduate coursework (Finland) at University of Eastern FinlandMaster's degree (Italy), Master's degree (Italy) at Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaMaster's degree (Brazil), Master's degree (Brazil) at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Stanford University
English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (46)
r-package9
visualization9
charts9
scales9
regl8
data-visualization8
python8
r-language8
adapter8
dbi8
machine-learning8
scheduler8
r8
plotly8
monitor8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ricardo-bion/ggtech
Feb 2016 - Aug 2019
ggplot2 tech themes, scales, and geoms
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 6 months
ggplot2scalesthemesvisualization
ricardo-bion/medium_visualization
Apr 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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