Summary
Tong Zhang is a data scientist with 10 years of experience who leverages advanced analytics to inform business and product decisions from Berkeley, CA. A Brown MS in Data Science graduate, he has driven impactful analytics at Tesla across progressive roles and now applies his expertise at Next Insurance. He combines production-scale SQL/Python/R modeling, A/B testing, and Tableau visualization to translate large, messy datasets into actionable insights for stakeholders. Early work included hands-on time-series forecasting on 250M+ card transactions and building a full-stack ML model monitoring web app, showing strength in both engineering and applied modeling. Comfortable in cross-functional settings, he pairs financial and operational modeling experience with analytics tools like Salesforce and Google Analytics to influence strategy. Notably, he has moved from analyst to staff-level responsibilities at Tesla within a few years, reflecting rapid growth and strong delivery under product timelines.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Bachelor’s Degree Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Brown University
High School, High School at Kingwood High School
English, Chinese, French