Summary
Yibo Ma is a Senior Data Scientist based in California with eight years of experience applying machine learning, statistical modeling, and big data engineering across entertainment and tech sectors, currently leading data science work at Apple. He combines hands-on expertise in Python, Scala/Spark, and R with a strong foundation in data visualization and automated ML pipelines developed during research at USC/ISI. Yibo’s background includes productionizing models at scale from his SWE Data Scientist tenure at Apple and domain work at Warner Bros., reflecting an ability to bridge research prototypes to product-ready solutions. His academic path mixes communication data science, mathematics, and economics, which informs a pragmatic, multidisciplinary approach to solving business problems. Colleagues value his mentorship—he has crafted educational Jupyter tooling and visual analytics that make complex models accessible to nontechnical stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Communication Data Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Communication Data Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor's degree Economics, Bachelor's degree Economics at Wuhan University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Advertising, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Advertising at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mathematics, Mathematics at Stanford University
Chinese, English, Japanese