Michael Murff

About Michael Murff

I hustle. I love data. I innovate. I am a passionate data professional with over 15 years of experience delivering high-performance data products and analytics tools to production at companies such as eBay and PayPal. I have expertise in every phase of the product lifecycle, including research, requirements, planning, development, testing, launch, and product marketing. My experience includes managing teams and multi-year roadmaps to deliver customer facing intelligence products and experiences that run at scale in realtime, batch, and streaming architectures.I have a track record of success in delivering impactful data products, including model monitoring, fraud rules engine, modeling platform, global case management system, production variable store, experimentation system, enterprise data lake, machine learning deployments, recommendation engine, scoring models, reporting frameworks, and many data pipelines.Finally, I have portfolio experience as a chief of staff and program leader, driving process improvements, executive interfacing, dashboards, and productivity re-engineering. I have a proven eye for talent and have successfully vetted and hired many engineers and data scientists throughout my career. I am also a certified statistical programmer.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Writegrader

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• Brigham Young University

  Master of Public Policy (MPP), Quantitative Methods

• Brigham Young University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Measurement & Evaluation

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Engineering Management

• Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy and Operation

Skills

• Analytics
• Fraud Detection
• Business Strategy
• Sas
• Risk Analytics
• People Skills
• Management
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Big Data
• Team Leadership
• Automation
• Business Process Improvement
• Predictive Modeling
• Program Management
• Enterprise Software
• Machine Learning
• Electronic Payments
• Statistical Computing
• R
• Leadership
• Usability
• Data Mining
• Communication
• Open Source Software
• Research Methods
• Financial Analysis
• Sql
• Business Intelligence
• Data Analysis
• Hadoop
• Predictive Analytics
• Usability Testing
• Product Management
• Risk Management
• Executive Leadership
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning
• Data Visualization
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership