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Dr. Irina Kukuyeva is a fractional Chief Data Officer helping VCs evaluate AI start-ups. She also advises companies on product, data, and analytics strategies to develop customer-centric, data-driven products with market fit.
Irina has 10+ years of experience collaborating with technical and business/clinical stakeholders, scoping out, developing, and productionalizing machine learning models for start-ups and large companies in healthcare, IoT, fashion, hospitality, social media, online advertising, market research, and online advertising.
She has mentored 50+ data professionals since 2013 and trained over 1000 through teaching graduate students and hosting workshops in the local community.
Irina holds a PhD in Statistics from UCLA, where she developed a novel image compression algorithm and uncovered similarities between two storms on Jupiter -- a finding confirmed by NASA’s Juno mission.
She's the author of "Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want: How to Identify the Real Business Question" blog post and shares advice for aspiring/current data professionals on her blog: https://www.ikukuyeva.com/blog.
All skill levels and backgrounds are welcome. You're passionate about data and willing to work independently.
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We'll meet for a quick call (usually under 30 minutes) where we:
- Break the ice and introduce ourselves
- Discuss your goals and how I can support you
- Coordinate logistics like time zones, meeting frequency, and communication methods
