Professional Experience

YAHOO! INC., SunnyVale, CA

  • Jun, 2004 – Present Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Strategic Data Solutions

Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Jun, 2004 – Present Adjunct Professor
  • Department of Computer Science

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  • Dec, 2003 – Present Adjunct Professor
  • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

digiMine, INC. (Revenue Science, INC.), Bellevue, WA

  • Mar, 2000 – Jun, 2006 President, Founder, and CEO
  • Jun, 2003 – Jun, 2004 Chairman and Founder

DMX Group, LLC, Bellevue, WA

  • Jun, 2003 – Jun, 2004 President, Principal Technical Officer, and Founder

Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

  • Jan, 1996 – Mar, 2000 Senior Researcher and Manager of the Data Mining & Exploration (DMX) Group

The University of Southern California (USC)

  • Dec, 1993 – Dec, 1997 Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Computer Science Department

NASA – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

  • Jan, 1996 – Jan, 1997 Distinguished Visiting Scientist
    Machine Learning Systems Group
  • Jan, 1996 – Jan, 1997 Distinguished Visiting Scientist
    Machine Learning Systems Group
  • May, 1989 – Jan, 1996 Technical Group Supervisor
    Machine Learning Systems Group, Information Systems Technology Section (395)
  • May, 1989 – Jan, 1996 Task manager
    Several tasks involving applications of data mining and statistical pattern recognition/learning in science data analysis, image analysis, and industrial applications
  • Nov, 1992 – May, 1994 Technical Group Leader
    Machine Learning Research and Applications (396)
  • Nov, 1992 – May, 1994 Task Manager
    Several tasks involving applications of machine learning in science data analysis and industrial applications
  • Oct, 1993 – Apr, 1994 Acting Group Supervisor
    Artificial Intelligence Group
  • May, 1989 – Oct, 1992 Member of Technical Staff.
    Advanced Information Systems Section (366)

International Communications Research, INC. – Ann Arbor, MI

  • Nov, 1987 – Sep, 1989 Consultant

General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI

  • May, 1987 – Sep, 1988 Member of Technical Staff
    Applied Machine Learning Project, Computer Science Department

 

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Sep, 1989 – May, 1991 Research Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • May, 1986 – Aug, 1988 Research Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Jan, 1988 – Apr, 1988 Teaching Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Sep, 1987 – Dec, 1987 Teaching Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Jan, 1985 – Dec, 1986 Teaching Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • Jan, 1984 – Dec, 1985 Teaching Assistant
    Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
  • May, 1985 – Sep, 1985 Programmer
    Supercomputer Algorithm Research Laboratory