Lotus

About Lotus

Strategic data leader with a passion for transforming complex insights into compelling narratives, shaping executive strategy and action. Known for operational excellence and savvy, unshakable optimism, and making the impossible look effortless.* Data Culture Catalyst: Rallying an organization around strategic OKRs that align product development for a multi-$B business. Driving OKR-focused product development, responsible for +30% growth of product experience.* Growth Initiatives Leader: Delivering actionable insights based on robust analytical methodologies. Productized predictive cross-product recommendation models to promote product usage resulting in 3x conversion rates, and 70% new user retention.Lotus currently leads data initiatives and planning for Microsoft Teams as a Principal Data Scientist. Previously, she directed Data & Applied Science growth initiatives for Microsoft Cloud + AI (Dynamics 365 & Power Platform), growth analytics at Starbucks and Amazon Digital Devices, and intelligence development for start-ups, the FBI, and operations research for the United Nations.With nearly 20 years of analytics experience in strategy and research at technology start-ups and top global technology companies, Lotus takes calculated risks, values the power of collaboration, and employs \"intrapreneurial\" strategies to deliver on business strategy.Lotus holds a PhD in Communication and Information Sciences, MBA (Decision Science/Operations Research & Information Systems), and BS in Physics with Distinction. She earned her Minor in Music - Cello performance and enjoys playing in chamber ensembles and musical productions.

Experience

1. Principal Data Scientist Growth, Strategy, & Planning

   Microsoft

   Jun 2021 — Present

Education

• Moanalua High School

  BOE Special Recognition Diploma

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  BS with Distinction, Computational Physics ⚛ | Music Minor ♫

• University of Hawai‘i - Shidler College of Business

  MBA, Decision Science/Operations Research, Mgmt Info Systems

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  PhD, Comm and Information Sciences

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Interaction Design
• Segmentation
• Experimental Design
• Optimization
• Digital Marketing
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Online Advertising
• Sas
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Statistics
• Etl
• Leadership
• Data Modeling
• Data Visualization
• SEO
• Predictive Modeling
• Online Marketing
• Business Intelligence
• Web Analytics
• Forecasting
• Usability Engineering
• Hadoop
• Agile Project Management
• Research
• Data Mining
• Databases
• Business Analytics
• Mobile Devices
• Agile Methodologies
• R
• Management
• Data Warehousing
• Mysql
• Python
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Data Science