Mio Shimizu

Overview

19 years in data science and analytics, the last 3 at Anchor HQ, where I lead the recommendations team. Built the recommendations models now used in 5 product decisions a quarter. Before that: Gojek and KPMG. Most at home with PyTorch and ranking. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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Experience

1. Head of Data

   Feb 2024 - Present
   Anchor HQ · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
   • Replaced 87 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
   • Built the recommendations models now used in 4 product decisions a quarter.
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
2. Director of Data Science

   Sep 2020 - Feb 2024
   Gojek · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
   • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 4.7%.
3. Analytics Manager

   Nov 2016 - Sep 2020
   KPMG · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
   • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
4. Data Scientist

   Jan 2014 - Nov 2016
   Carousell · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
   • Moved the homepage from rules to a learned ranker.
5. Senior Data Scientist

   Sep 2011 - Jan 2014
   Tallis Software · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Tokyo, Japan
   • Taught SQL to 73 non-analysts.
   • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 5.5%.

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Education

1. University of Auckland

   BSc, Mathematics
   2002 - 2006