Beyond Borders: Elevating Women in Data Science and Leadership

09/18/24 • 36 min

Language as the access to different cultures (2:09)
Career journey (8:23)
People first in leadership style (23:19)

Bio

Hannah Pham is a seasoned data leader with experience building and scaling data teams at top tech companies like Airbnb and Pinterest. Hannah's expertise spans consumer and monetization domains. As the Head of Data Science for the consumer area at Pinterest, she leverages data to bring the best experience to Pinners and drive business growth. Hannah is also a successful startup founder with Skin AI, a personalized skincare company that she co-founded in 2018.

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Language as the access to different cultures (2:09)
Career journey (8:23)
People first in leadership style (23:19)

Bio

Connect with Hannah

Hannah Pham on Linkedin

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Chisoo Lyons on LinkedIn

Follow WiDS on LinkedIn (@Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide), Twitter (@WiDS_Worldwide), Facebook (WiDSWorldwide), and Instagram (wids_worldwide)

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Previous Episode

From Internship to Impact: A Data Scientist’s Journey

Sydney Hazen, a Privacy Data Scientist at Ford, shares her journey from a college intern to a full-time role. She highlights how internships can lead to job offers and the importance of real-world experience and corporate navigation. Sydney emphasizes applying technical skills with a socially conscious approach, understanding problems before diving into data, and credits her professor and diverse classmates for shaping her perspective. She plans to pursue further education and explore different roles, underscoring the unique position of women in data science and the need for self-advocacy and finding mentors.

Highlights

Internship at Ford (8:25)
Time at Notre Dame (14:55
Influencers (17:54)

Bio

Sydney is a Privacy Data Scientist at Ford Motor Company, as a part of the Ford College Graduate (FCG) rotational program. She is a recent graduate of the University of Notre Dame, with a degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics (ACMS) and a minor in Data Science. She has a range of experience spanning software development, data engineering, and analytics and is always looking to gain new knowledge in the technology sphere.

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From Graphs to Growth: Mentorship, Math, and the Power of Algorithms

Math and Computer Science (2:51)
Graph Alignment (20:38)

Bio

Huda Nassar is a senior computer scientist at RelationalAI working on building the graph algorithms library offered as part of RelationalAI's product. Previously, Huda obtained a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University and was a postdoc fellow at Stanford's School of Medicine. Huda is also known for her "Julia for Data Science" course which had over 13,000 students and focused on Data Science methods including graph analytics.

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Margot Gerritsen on LinkedIn

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