Zhen Wang
Senior Staff Data Scientist
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhen Wang is a Senior Staff Data Scientist at Intuit with over a decade of applied analytics experience and a Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University. He combines deep econometric and causal-inference expertise—ranging from discrete choice and time-series models to Bayesian methods—with practical machine learning techniques and experimental design to solve business and policy problems. Proficient in Python, R, SQL, MATLAB, and Stata, he has led teams and complex projects across consulting and product environments, translating rigorous analysis into actionable insights. His background at The Brattle Group and academic research underscores a strong foundation in economic reasoning and survey design. Outside product analytics, he contributes to open-source tooling, notably enhancing Go bindings for GTK3, reflecting a hands-on engineering curiosity beyond typical data science work. Based in California, he balances technical leadership with clear communication to drive measurable impact.
26 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Economics at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor's degree Finance General, Bachelor's degree Finance General at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
binding10
databinding10
gtk10
go10
keybindings10
bind10
pango9
gdk8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gotk3/gotk3
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Go bindings for GTK3
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 20 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Zhen primarily contributed to the Go bindings for GTK3, enhancing the library with new bindings for various GTK3 components. Their work included adding new functionalities for `GtkTreeStore`, `Pango FontDescription`, and `GdkWindow`, expanding the API coverage. They also added a binding for `gtk_widget_get_display` and added a warning for a method, indicating a focus on improving the existing codebase and usability of the bindings.
golanggtkgogtk3
linuxerwang/goroutine-inspect
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
An interactive tool to analyze Golang goroutine dump.
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 3 months
golanginspectdumpanalyzegoroutine
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