Eric Colson

Advisor

Los Gatos, California, United States30 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built and led data science teams at Stitch Fix.
  • Advised multiple startups on data science tools and infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience in machine learning and big data analytics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and Machine Learning expert with a focus on B2C SaaS solutions.

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Data ScienceStatistical LearningSocial AlgorithmsRecommender SystemsHuman ComputationAugmented IntelligenceStructuring and Organizing Data Science Teams

About

Data science, AI, big data, machine learning, statistical learning, social algorithms, recommender systems, human computation, augmented intelligence, structuring and organizing data science teams. Former editor at: https://multithreaded.stitchfix.com/ algorithms-tour.stitchfix.com cultivating-algos.stitchfix.com

Experience

30 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Literati

Advisor

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

  • Advising on leveraging ML for a better customer experience

Activation fund

Advisor

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Helping start-ups in the Data Science Tools & Infrastructure space

Stellantis

Advisor

Jul 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Advising on leveraging data for innovation.

Stitch fix

2 roles

Chief Algorithms Officer Emeritus

Jun 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Built the stitch fix algorithms team and the technical brand.
  • algorithms-tour.stitchfix.com
  • cultivating-algos.stitchfix.com

Chief Algorithms Officer

Aug 2012 – Jun 2019 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Data elite

Advisor

Jun 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Advise cohorts of Big Data and analytic start-ups on product direction, markets, technology.

Netflix

2 roles

VP Data Science and Engineering

Sep 2010 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Los Gatos, CA

  • Algorithms (machine learning, data mining, algorithm development,…etc.)
  • Big Data Platform (Hadoop, Hive, Pig, …etc.)
  • Experimentation (A|B testing platform and decision science methodology)

Director of Algorithms and Analytics

Dec 2006 – Sep 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Los Gatos, CA

  • Led a team to develop and maintain algorithms to optimize Netflix's operations.

Yahoo, inc

Manager, Analytics

Nov 2001 – Dec 2006 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Led a team to of developers for analytics, data warehousing/BigData for Yahoo Search & Marketplace.

Blue martini software

Product Manager: Personalization, Visualization, Data Mining

May 2000 – May 2001 · 1 yr

  • PM for analytic products: Visualization, Personalization, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Reporting.

Proxicom

Consultant, Data Warehousing and Buisness Intelligence

May 1998 – Jul 1999 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Data Warehouse Consultant

Information resources, inc. (iri)

Advanced Analytics Consulting and Custom Apps

May 1995 – May 1998 · 3 yrs

  • Statistical Modeling and custom analytic software development.

F.w. woolworth

Marketing Statistician

May 1994 – May 1995 · 1 yr

  • Data Mining

Education

Stanford University

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Jan 2006 – Present

Golden Gate University

Master of Science (M.Sc.) — Information Systems

San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) — Economics

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