Summary
Sunny Xiao is a Senior Data Scientist in Mountain View with eight years of experience turning deep mathematical training into practical data-driven solutions for trading and ads platforms. Trained as a PhD mathematician in geometry and topology, Sunny leverages that formal rigor to specialize in causal inference, statistical modeling, and experimentation, and has driven execution-quality and inventory-management improvements at Robinhood and now works on Ads Platform analytics at Netflix. A former English major who taught calculus and data science topics for undergraduates and master's students, Sunny communicates complex ideas clearly and mentors technical learners. Passionate about equity in higher education, Sunny pairs technical impact with concrete efforts to increase diversity and access in STEM. An avid problem solver, Sunny brings unusual intuition about geometric structure to high-dimensional data problems and practical production systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and English, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics and English, Summa Cum Laude at Amherst College
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at Brown University
Chinese, English, French