Ryan Kessler — CEO
I am a Principal Economist at Amazon, where I develop statistical methodologies to improve experimentation and data-driven decision making at scale. My recent work has focused on three key areas in the context of A/B testing: - Estimation of treatment impacts: Developing new estimators of impacts that balance performance benefits against implementation costs - Improving launch decisions: Developing decision-theoretic frameworks to optimize launch decisions across the company, taking into account company risk preferences - Methodology validation: Developing approaches to evaluating the performance of A/B testing methodologies (including estimators and decision rules) that don't require strong distributional assumptions Across all workstreams, I collaborate closely with engineers to build statistical methodologies into scalable production systems that can be used across all of Amazon
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Principal Economist specializing in E-commerce analytics and statistical methodologies.
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Experience: 14 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Econometrics
- Statistical Methodologies
Career Highlights
- Expert in statistical methodologies for A/B testing.
- Strong collaboration with engineering teams.
- Proven track record in data-driven decision making.
Work Experience
Amazon
Principal Economist (7 mos)
Senior Economist (3 yrs 3 mos)
Economist II (1 yr)
Economist I (1 yr)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Research Intern (8 mos)
Research Assistant (1 yr 2 mos)
Amazon
Economist Intern (2 mos)
Brown University
Research Assistant (3 yrs 2 mos)
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Research Assistant (1 yr 2 mos)
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Research Assistant (2 yrs 11 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Brown University
Master of Arts - MA at Brown University
Non-degree student at Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts - BA at Drake University
