Jay Lin

Data Science / Web Developer



About

Soft Skills: Project Management
Data Skills: Data Mining, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, NLP
Web Skills: Flask, SQL, Docker

Linked-in Profile and Blog

     

Previous web/PM project: MyDearTeacher

https://www.mydearteacher.com

Experience

Web Developer  •  MyDearTeacher

May 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

-Transitioned from a project management role to a web development position, where I solely reworked the company's website.

-Integrated third-party APIs to enhance website functionality and provide users with additional features and services.

-Conducted data ETL for migrating data from old website to the new system. Designed and maintained the database structure, ensuring data integrity and efficient retrieval of information.

-Continuously gathered and analyzed user feedback, which drove iterative website enhancements for an improved user experience.


Project Manager  •  MyDearTeacher

Jul 2014 - Apr 2021 · 6 yrs 10 mos

-Successfully initiated a project from inception, resulting in the development of a profitable system that served over 300 active users per month.

-Conducted extensive user research, including over 1000 hours of user interviews and focus groups, providing invaluable insights for product development and iterative improvements.

-Utilized data analysis techniques to gain deep insights, which informed critical business strategies and drove iterative product enhancements.

-Collaborated effectively with web developers and designers to ensure seamless project execution and delivery.

Education

May 2022 - Oct 2023

University of Colorado Boulder

Master's degree, Data Science

  • Grade: GPA 3.957/4.0
  • Core Courses: Data Mining, Database, Statistical Modeling, ML/DL, NLP

May 2021 - Dec 2021

Taiwan AI Academy  

Machine Learning Bootcamp

Solid training in machine learning and deep learning. Presented a capstone project on text classification with extremely small and unbalanced dataset. Conducted a series of experiments using a variety of approaches, such as Easy Data Augmentation(EDA), GAN-BERT, Sentence-BERT... etc. Reported to boost the classifiers' performance by about 10%, compared to the original BERT model.

2008 - 2012

National Taiwan University

Bachelor's degree, Economics