Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs

• Global Future Council on the New Agenda for Education and Skills (2020-2021)
• Global Future Council on the New Education and Work Agenda (2019-2020)
• Global Future Council on New Metrics (2018-2019)

Mar 2014 – Oct 2021 · 7 yrs 7 mos

• Led the end-to-end data org at Coursera, a diverse group of data scientists and data engineers united in building a better teaching and learning platform through data-driven decisions and data-powered products.
• Team spanned three functions:
• 1. Data engineering: building the foundations for efficient execution (e.g., data tooling, core data lake, self-serve analytics), plus in-platform analytical products for Coursera’s university partners and enterprise customers
• 2. Decision science: driving product and business strategy through measurement, experimentation, and causal inference
• 3. Machine learning: building algorithmically-powered learner, educator, & employer-facing products including for content discovery, personalized learning, scalable teaching, skill measurement, and talent benchmarking
• Previous roles:
• Senior Director of Data Science (October 2018 - February 2020)
• Director of Data Science (May 2017 - September 2018)
• Data Science Manager (September 2014 - April 2017)
• Data Scientist (March 2014 - August 2014)

Jan 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Five semesters as teaching fellow for undergraduate and graduate courses in public, education, and labor economics at Harvard, including two semesters guiding seminars in original research. Developed section material and exam content, and curricula on the empirical research process. Courses led by Professors Larry Katz, Claudia Goldin, Marty Feldstein, Jeff Liebman, and Larry Summers.
• Five-time recipient of the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Distinction in Teaching.

Sep 2009 – Feb 2014 · 4 yrs 5 mos

• Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics
• Thesis: Essays in Applied Microeconomics. Topics included
• Using machine learning to analyze network effects in consumer decision making
• Field experiments in an online labor market quantifying why and how job referrals matter
• Each published in a Top-5 Economics journal.
• Advisors: Claudia Goldin and Larry Katz
• Honors and awards:
• Harvard Presidential Scholar, 2009 - 2014
• Presidential Fellow Dissertation Completion Award, 2013 - 2014
• Lab for Economic Policy and Applications Research Grant, 2012 - 2013
• Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Distinction in Teaching, 2011 - 2013
• Simon Kuznets Research Grant, 2011
• Rita Ricardo-Campbell Fellow in Economics, 2010 - 2011
• A.M. in 2012

Jun 2008 – Aug 2008 · 2 mos · San Francisco

• Investigated the market for Biotech-Pharma partnerships: quantified stated and revealed preferences in partner selection, identified variation in deal structure and terms across product and partner types, and estimated network drivers of partnering activities.

Sep 2005 – Jun 2009 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• The Phi Beta Kappa Student Prize ('to the student of highest academic standing at graduation'), 2009
• The Halbert White '72 Prize ('to the most outstanding Economics major', shared with H. Staude), 2009
• The Wolf Balleisen Memorial Prize ('for the best senior thesis in Economics'), 2009
• summa cum laude, 2009
• Early-Selection Phi Beta Kappa, 2008
• Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, 2006 and 2007
• Thesis: An Integrated Economic Analysis of Discrimination in American Theater