Summary
Zac Zhang is a senior data scientist with a decade of experience applying biostatistics and machine learning to healthcare and consumer problems, currently at United Airlines after a data-driven stint at Bayer that was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks. He has built production-ready data pipelines with PySpark, deployed dashboards on Dash and Tableau running on AWS, and designed recommender systems and rigorous experiments (CRD vs RCBD) to optimize research and customer-product interactions. His background spans pharmacometrics, academic research in statistical machine learning, and applied analytics in industry, anchored by advanced training in biostatistics from the University of Michigan. Known for translating complex statistical methods into practical, productionized solutions, he pairs deep methodological rigor with a pragmatic focus on impact.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Statistics; Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Statistics; Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
PhD Candidate Biostatistics, PhD Candidate Biostatistics at University of Michigan
Sun Yat-sen University
English, Chinese, Chinese