Leadership & Experience

Building teams. Setting direction. Connecting research with business.

My leadership experience spans central and marketplace data science teams, growth analytics, and professional development. I combine this background with hands-on research at ByteDance.

Team building

Built Core Data Science at DiDi, grew Marketplace Data Science from 7 to 22 people, and previously established Growth Analytics at Zhihu.

Research direction

Set Core Data Science research priorities and supported more than 10 business lines through statistical methods, experimentation capabilities, training, and standard operating procedures.

People development

Contributed to Tencent PCG’s data science career framework, candidate assessment, and training. My work also includes mentoring researchers and developing methodological guidance.

Cross-functional influence

Work with product, engineering, and business data science teams to connect methodological research with validation, implementation, and adoption.

Professional experience

ByteDance — Research Scientist, 2024–present. Experimentation, causal inference, AI evaluation.

DiDi — Data Science Leadership, 2020–2024. Led Marketplace Data Science, then built and led Core Data Science. Promoted to Director of Data Science & Chief Data Scientist in 2024.

Tencent — Senior Data Scientist, 2020. Growth campaign evaluation and PCG professional standards.

Zhihu — Data Analytics Manager, 2019–2020. Built Growth Analytics.

Alibaba / Freshippo — Expert Data Product Manager, 2017–2019. Fulfillment metrics and data products.

Earlier work — DiDi data analytics and algorithms; CNPC BGP geophysics.

Education

Shandong University — M.S. in Operations Research and Control Theory, 2012; B.S. in Applied Mathematics, 2009.

Recognition

DiDi: Technical Promotion Gold Medal Reviewer (2024); CTO-line Top Interviewer (2023); DS Team Management Award (2022).