Summary
Yu Mao is a data scientist with 11 years of experience applying statistical rigor and software development skills across product, growth, and clinical domains, now contributing to Google Play’s data science team. He has progressed from hands-on statistical roles at iCardiac and Nielsen to driving growth at Facebook and Nextdoor and managing a data science org at SmartNews, blending technical execution in Python/R/SAS with cross-functional leadership. Certified as both Base and Advanced SAS programmer, he is comfortable shipping experiments, building metrics, and scaling analytics infrastructure using SQL, Spark, Tableau and Minitab. Bilingual in English and Chinese and trained with an MS in Statistics, he’s pragmatic about turning complex analyses into executive-ready recommendations and hiring and mentoring high-performing teams. An uncommon strength is his combination of clinical-study statistical experience and consumer-product growth analytics, enabling robust methods for both regulated research and fast-moving product experimentation.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master Statistics, Master Statistics at Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor Statistics, Bachelor Statistics at Zhejiang University
English, Chinese