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Timeline
About me
Economics | Data Science | Forecasting
Education

University of washington
2017 - 2024Doctor of philosophy - phd economicsFields of specialization: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Time-Series Analysis

The college of william and mary
2014 - 2017Bachelor of science (bs) computational and applied mathematics and statistics 3.98/4.00 (major)Activities and Societies: Social Entrepreneurship Fellow in Dominican Republic, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity, President of Innovation & Design Thinking Club, International Orientation Peer Leader 2015 & 2016, Skype interviewer for undergraduate admission, TEDxWilliam&Mary 2015 (Logistics Team)
Experience

William & mary
Jan 2015 - May 2017Teaching assistant for the department of economicsTA for Intermediate Macro, Econometrics, Time-series Econometrics, and Mathematical Economics.

Aiddata
Sept 2015 - May 2017Research assistant
University of washington department of economics
Sept 2017 - Dec 2023Instructor and teaching assistantLead TA of Economics DepartmentUndergraduate: introductory macroecon; intermediate macroeconMasters: executive MBA, full-time MBA, evening MBA, technology management MBAPhD: math camp for incoming students; teaching workshop for first year students; first year macro core sequence;

Amazon
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022Economist, cloudtune science, ecommerceI built an efficient large-scale (30-50k nodes) hierarchical time series reconciliation framework, which is robust to the common cold-start short data problems in business applications. The framework is deployed in production for multiple forecasting products with customers in both Amazon Stores and AWS.

Amazon
Jun 2023 - Dec 2023Economist, cloudtune science, ecommerceI developed a structural risk assessment model for upcoming peak events in Amazon retail, managing the tail risks associated with time series forecasting. The model enables science-based safety stock / inventory management for cloud computing resources for Amazon WW stores.

Pinterest
Feb 2024 - nowData scientist, ads and monetizationI collaborate with eng, product, and marketing teams to opp size, test, and launch new or improve existing ad formats. Our products are key to the company’s revenue growth and are directly featured in news articles and earnings calls.
Licenses & Certifications
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Databases and sql for data science with python
CourseraDec 2018 
Data science methodology
CourseraNov 2018- View certificate

Natural language processing with classification and vector spaces
CourseraJan 2022 - View certificate

Python for data science, ai & development
CourseraNov 2018
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) ChenInternational Student Achievement Award Reves Center for International Studies Apr 2017 One student was selected in each of the following four schools at W&M by faculty nomination to receive this highest honor for international students: Arts & Science, Law, Business, and Education.
- Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) ChenInternational Student Opportunity Scholarship Reves Center for International Studies Mar 2017
- Awarded to Zihao (Darwin) ChenEconomics Department Student-Faculty Research Grant The College of William & Mary Mar 2016
Volunteer Experience
CAS Volunteer
Issued by PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society on Sept 2019
Associated with Zihao (Darwin) ChenVolunteer
Issued by Heritage Human Society on Feb 2015
Associated with Zihao (Darwin) Chen
Languages
- enEnglish
- chChinese
- spSpanish
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