Mary Strehl (She/Her)

Experience

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  University of Alaska Fairbanks

  Sept 2013 - May 2015

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Instructed COMM100 courses including Group Communication, Mediation, and Public Speaking• Prepared daily lesson plans based on required course material, developed exercises and activities to demonstrate learning concepts• Adapted approaches to a wide variety of ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, and learning styles

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  Senator Lisa Murkowski

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

  Intern

  Managing constituent inquiries and casework. Editing official documents and filing original and photocopied documents. Researching current issues in the community in order to serve constituents. Reviewing and editing speeches as well as representing Lisa Murkowski at official events she was unable to attend.

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  Alaska State Legislature

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Legislative Assistant

  Manage constituent relations and the representative's schedule. Brief the representative on legislation before floor sessions. Handle the representative's public image and outreach. Review correspondence between constituents and the representative. Researching information regarding legislation and preparing reports.

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  Microsoft | Bing Ads Marketing & Development Team, Allyis Inc.

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Content Manager

  • Manage multiple projects with deadlines and deliverables• Create content for clients including: email templates, new letters, blog posts, social media assets, articles, and other collateral• Coordinate with designers, brand, and localization• Create process documentation and status reports• Collaborate with teammates to create quality products and problem solve roadblocks• Draft ongoing marketing and social media plan and provide training to staff to maintain online presence• Develop and execute communication and marketing plans• Manage client relations and quality checks on final deliverables• Create work back schedules and manage complicated SLAs Show less

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  The Spur Group

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2021

  • Managed data science and analytic projects across multiple clients including VMware, Microsoft, Cisco, & NetApp• Core contributor to the launch of a Data & AI service line, generating $4.5M revenue and 40+ projects in its first year.• Scoped requirements, developed timelines, staffed and ran machine learning, automation, data engineering and application development projects • Architected and implemented a data model consolidating 34+ sources, scaling a $17M Partner Incentives Program.• Fostered a mentorship culture through leading knowledge-sharing sessions and 1:1 mentoring, enhancing junior data scientists' technical skills and career growth. Show less • Developed a Boosted Decision Tree classification model, identifying service groupings in application development to enhance customer insights on cost, efficiency, and usage.• Built a propensity model integrated with a Power BI dashboard to help 380+ Sales Reps bundle and sell products and licenses more effectively, leading to an additional $320K in client spending on support and future development.• Generated, forecasted and evaluated KPIs for determining the success of the customer lifecycle using Adobe Analytics• Conducted investigations from data sourcing, cleaning, determining metrics, validating, analyzing and insight presentation Show less • Automated the QBR process for a $130M Partner Incentive program by improving data accuracy and aligning on metric calculation and taxonomy resulting in the client’s promotion to director• Drive project progression, solve roadblocks, track action items, and collaborate with clients to develop a solution• Work with clients to develop clear expectations of deliverables and timelines • Document project progression and insight in a meaningful and digestible wayAnalyze and combine multiple data sets to drive insight and present in a concise and easily digestible format Show less

  • Data and AI Manager

    Mar 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Senior Consultant

    Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Consultant

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Associate Consultant

    Oct 2016 - Jan 2018
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  Getty Images

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  Data Scientist

  • Trained and deployed a download prediction model, influencing acquisition decisions for 50K+ assets, leading to $1.5M projected profit.• Developed an Airflow pipeline to automate data cleaning, feature creation, and model predictions, saving 40+ hours of manual effort per week.• Developed a full-stack ML training service, improving model processing efficiency by 5x and cutting team workload by 20+ hours per week.

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  Microsoft

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Trained and deployed playback optimization model that enhances user satisfaction by predicting and preloading content, ensuring a smoother viewing experience and reducing operational costs by $3M annually (~50%).• Designed and implemented an LLM-powered pipeline with ML clustering to analyze customer feedback, enabling automated categorization, trend tracking, and prioritization for product teams.• Developed A/B experimentation scorecards, defining metric thresholds based on statistical analysis and user satisfaction scores to drive data-informed product decisions.• Spearheaded Responsible AI assessments, ensuring ML models met compliance, ethical AI standards, and security approval, accelerating model deployment timelines. Show less

  • Senior Data Scientist - Copilot Actions

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Data Scientist II

    Jun 2022 - Jan 2025