Michael Byman
Copenhagen
Summary
Empathetic and versatile leader with a rare combination of technology-agnostic data science skills and executive-level communication experience // Thoughtful and inquisitive business partner with a passion for driving value by connecting each new business problem with its optimal analytical solution.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Analytics Leader
Too Good To Go
06.2024 - Current
- Directed the efforts of the entire product analytics organization in support of the TGTG consumer-facing app, managing 5 product analysts and 2 machine learning engineers
- Led a multi-disciplinary root-cause analysis, reporting directly to the CPO & COO
- Built an ordinal logistic regression churn model in support of mitigating recent supply-quality degradation
- Created an innovative visualization tool to highlight key points of friction in the new user experience, exposing a previously obscured increase in payment errors
Senior Manager, Product Analytics
Ibotta
07.2023 - 05.2024
- Spearheaded a cross-functional AI initiative that led to a 43% reduction in dead-end experiences for app users and increased revenue by up to $6 million annually
- Helped institute an overhaul of A/B testing best practices that prevented over $8 million in potential losses, annually, from suboptimal features
- Re-imagined the support structure between analytics and product/engineering in order to incentivize and increase collaboration
Manager, Product Analytics
Ibotta
07.2021 - 06.2023
- Managed a diverse team of 4 decision scientists, supporting 8 different teams in the product organization
- Supported the sales & engineering departments during the phase 1 rollout of the biggest integration in industry history
- Orchestrated a C-suite sponsored project charged with creating cutting edge incrementality models, leveraging causal inference and time series techniques
Senior Decision Scientist, Product
Ibotta
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Set up and evaluated A/B tests of new features using power analysis, CUPED and various hypothesis tests
- Produced and maintained high-visibility dashboards to track key company metrics and monitor new features
- Partnered with mobile engineering to set up product analytics with real-time tracking capabilities
Risk Analyst / Data Scientist
Elevate Credit, Inc.
07.2019 - 08.2020
- Created a cluster-based function in R to automate the identification of effective model segmentation
- Led the team's development of a reject inference-bolstered universal credit-risk model using panel data
- Trained and validated a regularized logistic regression model, using bank data to predict fraudulent behavior
- Designed a risk-refresh strategy to increase Direct Mail line-of-credit profitability by $5mm annually
- Used tree-based models and machine learning algorithms to increase loan volume by $20mm+
Education
Master of Science - Analytics
Institute For Advanced Analytics, NC State
Raleigh, NC05.2017
BBA - Finance, Sports Analytics
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Atlanta, GA05.2015
Attributes
- Charismatic leadership
- Intellectual curiosity
- Emotional intelligence
- Analytical adaptability
- Idea generation
- Talent maximization
- Innovation facilitation
Technical Skills
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Databricks: ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪
GitHub: ⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪
Jira: ⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪
dbt Labs: ⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪
Leadership
Emory University, Varsity Baseball Team
- 2014-15 Bullpen Captain
- Led team to two consecutive World Series appearances (2nd in 2014, 5th in 2015)
- Held opposing teams scoreless in relief for 23 consecutive months, and in 72% of all career appearances
Research
Daily Dynasty, Co-creator
Re-imagined fantasy baseball app
Sports Analytics Grant, Emory University
Research projects: NFL penalty decision support, NBA 6th-man study
Incrementality Modeling, Project Lead
Causal inference project @ https://medium.com/building-ibotta/measuring-incrementality-when-control-groups-are-not-possible-e7ca5cc48b09
Timeline
Senior Product Analytics Leader
Too Good To Go
06.2024 - Current
Senior Manager, Product Analytics
Ibotta
07.2023 - 05.2024
Manager, Product Analytics
Ibotta
07.2021 - 06.2023
Senior Decision Scientist, Product
Ibotta
08.2020 - 07.2021
Risk Analyst / Data Scientist
Elevate Credit, Inc.
07.2019 - 08.2020
Master of Science - Analytics
Institute For Advanced Analytics, NC State
BBA - Finance, Sports Analytics
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
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