Steve Lim

Experience

1. Principal Data Scientist Lead

   Microsoft

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Leading a team of data scientists who help Microsoft teams make Windows more reliable through automated testing at scale using ML and reinforcement learning techniques; developing ML models running in production in cloud environments like Microsoft Azure (via Azure ML, Azure Synapse, Databricks) to client-side inference on CPU/GPU/specialized AI silicon; improving reliability of Azure services, reducing cost/COGS of services, and driving service excellence through the application of advanced ML and statistical methods. • Previously worked on deepening insights around our prerelease/Insider audiences, security (Windows Defender ATP / EDR), release readiness, MR (Mixed Reality), VR, games, applications and browsers on Windows to drive engineering, marketing and strategic business decisions. • Advancing our organization\'s applications of various AI and ML techniques in telemetry analysis and client/server-based classifiers. • Team feeds insights and analytics for senior management to understand state of the business and opportunity identification. • Improves the breadth and quality of work through improved tool sets (e.g, Spark, Cosmos, Scope, SQL, Python, R, Power BI), machine learning, deep learning, text analysis and anomaly detection. • Coordinates data engineering efforts to funnel data internally as well as into Azure for further analysis. • Led analyses around Windows usage and install base with applications, services and hardware • Drove product decisions through the analysis and transformation of data • Building the practice of data science in the Operating Systems Group at Microsoft through the use of statistical techniques, intelligent synthesis of large data sets, and machine learning. • Named to Leadership Development Program for high potential employees in 20••••16

Skills

• Product Planning
• Shaders
• Texturing
• Management
• Animation
• Data Modeling
• 3d
• Pricing
• Perforce
• Project Management
• Level Design
• Online Gaming
• Product Management
• Social Games
• Unity3d
• Character Animation
• Mmo
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Video Games
• Gameplay
• Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Applications
• Unrealscript
• Product Evangelism
• Marketing Strategy
• Xbox 360
• Competitive Analysis
• Game Development
• Unreal Editor
• Unreal Engine 3
• Market Analysis
• Maya
• Casual Games
• Multiplayer
• Market Research
• Product Launch
• Agile Methodologies
• Objective-C
• Computer Games