Summary
Yan Chen is a Principal Machine Learning Scientist at Microsoft with a decade-plus career turning complex telemetry and marketing datasets into executive-ready insights and predictive models across Office, Xbox, and Microsoft 365. He blends hands-on big-data engineering (Cosmos, SQL, ETL) with advanced statistical and machine learning modeling to drive churn prediction, LTV, and lifecycle analytics that influence product and go-to-market decisions. Known for building end-to-end analytics solutions and automated reporting surfaces, he partners closely with Sales, Marketing, and Data Engineering to operationalize models into dashboards and scorecards. Based in Issaquah, WA, Yan’s work uniquely bridges marketing science and product telemetry—having led tooling used by internal teams and external partners to uncover upsell and engagement opportunities.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English, Chinese