Zhihao Yao
Associate Director, Data Scientist & Data Operations
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhihao Yao is a data science leader and Associate Director based in Rockville, MD, with over a decade of experience turning clinical and regulatory data into actionable insights for pharma and government. He has led automation and dashboarding initiatives at Edwards Lifesciences and the FDA that replaced manual reporting with reproducible pipelines and Shiny/JS GUIs, materially improving review throughput and data integrity. Skilled across Python, R, SAS, SQL and JavaScript, he combines statistical rigor (including likelihood-ratio testing and risk-based inspection models) with pragmatic data operations to support clinical trials and regulatory submissions. His background in pharmacy and an MBA in healthcare management gives him a rare blend of domain knowledge and product-oriented leadership, and his GitHub ethos—"Find and solve"—reflects a persistent focus on practical, impact-driven solutions.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Analytics, Master's degree, Data Analytics at University of Maryland Global CampusMBA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management, Marketing, MBA, Health/Health Care Administration/Management, Marketing at University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business AdministrationBachelor of Science, Pharmacy, Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy at China Pharmaceutical University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (10)
data-stream10
datastore10
java10
apache9
realtime9
big-data8
pinot8
apache-pinot8
apache-flink8
olap7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jhyao/tp_html
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
jhyao/pinot
Nov 2023 - Feb 2025
Apache Pinot - A realtime distributed OLAP datastore
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
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