Biography:Hilary Mason (data scientist)

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Hilary Mason
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Hilary Mason, 2015
Born
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGrinnell College
Brown University
AwardsFortune 40 Under 40
Scientific career
FieldsData science
Institutionsbitly
Fast Forward Labs
Accel Partners
Cloudera
Websitehilarymason.com

Hilary Mason is an American data scientist and the founder of technology startup Fast Forward Labs[1][2] as well as Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners.[3] She was the Chief Scientist at bitly.[4] On September 7, 2017, Cloudera announced that it had acquired Fast Forward Labs, and that Mason would become Cloudera's Vice President of Research.[5]

Early life and education

Mason was born in New York City , and graduated from Grinnell College with a B.A. in computer science in 2000, and attended Brown University.[4][6][7][8]

Career

Mason was the chief data scientist at bitly for four years. She is the founder and CEO of Fast Forward Labs [9] and is a consultant data scientist at Accel, evaluating and advising on data strategies regarding technologies and investment opportunities.[10][9] In 2010, she co-founded HackNY, a non-profit that helps integrate engineering students into the startup community in New York City. She has also been a member of Mayor Bloomberg's Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.[11] In addition, Mason is a prominent member of NYCResistor, a hacker collective located in Brooklyn.[12]

She has been interviewed by TechRepublic,[13] Forbes ,[14] Wall Street Journal, ProgrammableWeb[15] and others.[16][17][18] She has further featured in both Glamour (magazine)[19] and Scientific American[20][21]

Fast Forward Labs

Fast Forward Labs, founded by Mason, specializes in machine learning intelligence research.[22]

On September 7, 2017 it was announced that Fast Forward Labs was being acquired by Cloudera, a US open-source software company that offers support, training and software to business clients.[23] Cloudera extended this offer due to FFL's experience and expertise in applying machine learning to practical business problems and their commitment to continual academic and industrial research surveys on new techniques.[5] Mason explained that the merger of FFL with Cloudera would enable further and accelerated research opportunities on a larger platform.[24]

Awards

Mason received the TechFellows Engineering Leadership award in 2012 worth $100,000.[25] She was also on the Fortune 40 under 40 Ones to Watch list in 2011,[26] as well as Crain's New York 40 under Forty list.[4]

She was named within the Top 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company.[27]

References

  1. ↑ Novet, Jordan (21 July 2014). "Ex-Bitly chief scientist Hilary Mason launches Fast Forward Labs as an all-in-one emerging tech consultant". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2014/07/21/fast-forward-labs-hilary-mason/. 
  2. ↑ Vanian, Jonathan (21 July 2014). "Former Bit.ly data scientist Hilary Mason starts own research consulting lab". https://gigaom.com/2014/07/21/former-bit-ly-data-scientist-hilary-mason-starts-own-research-consulting-lab/. 
  3. ↑ Greenfield, Rebecca (6 November 2013). "Hilary Mason Will Make Sense Of Your Company's Massive Data Sets". Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/3020908/innovation-agents/hilary-mason-will-make-sense-of-your-companys-massive-data-sets. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (12 October 2012). "Hilary Mason - 2012 - 40 Under Forty - Crain's New York Business". Crain's New York blog. https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/hilary-mason. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Olson, Mike (7 September 2017). "Fast Forward!". https://vision.cloudera.com/fast-forward/. 
  6. ↑ "Accel". accel.com. http://www.accel.com/team/venture-development/bay-area/hilary-mason. 
  7. ↑ "Hilary Mason '00 featured in "Why a Liberal Education Creates Great Entrepreneurs"". Grinnell College. http://www.grinnell.edu/news/external/hilary-mason-00-featured-why-liberal-education-creates-great-entrepreneurs. 
  8. ↑ "Scholars' Convocation: Hilary Mason ’00". Grinnell College. 12 February 2016. https://www.grinnell.edu/news/scholars-convocation-hilary-mason-00. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Hilary Mason About.". https://hilarymason.com/about/. 
  10. ↑ "Accel: Hilary Mason.". https://www.accel.com/team/hilary-mason. 
  11. ↑ Ruth, João-Pierre. "Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Advisory Council on Technology at NY Tech Meetup.". https://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2011/10/13/mayor-bloomberg-announces-new-advisory-council-on-technology-at-ny-tech-meetup/. 
  12. ↑ "NYCResistor About.". https://www.nycresistor.com/about/. 
  13. ↑ Carson, Erin (15 January 2016). "Hilary Mason: Fast Forward Labs CEO. One-time aspiring taxi driver. Your nerd best friend.". http://www.techrepublic.com/article/hilary-mason-fast-forward-labs-ceo-one-time-aspiring-taxi-driver-your-nerd-best-friend/. 
  14. ↑ Woods, Dan. "bitly's Hilary Mason on "What is a Data Scientist?"". https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2012/03/08/hilary-mason-what-is-a-data-scientist/. 
  15. ↑ Ohri, Ajay (28 January 2013). "Interview Hilary Mason Chief Scientist bitly". http://www.programmableweb.com/news/interview-hilary-mason-chief-scientist-bitly/2013/01/28. 
  16. ↑ Cadei, Emily (20 August 2014). "Hilary Mason Turns Big Data Into Plain English | Rising Stars | OZY". ozy. http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/hilary-mason-turns-big-data-into-plain-english/33324. 
  17. ↑ Drell, Lauren (14 May 2013). "Data Science and Why Dogs Rule the Internet". http://mashable.com/2013/05/14/hilary-mason-data/. 
  18. ↑ Reddy, Elaine Ellis (23 July 2012). "Data Stories: Interview with Hilary Mason of Bit.ly" (in en-US). https://blog.gnip.com/hilary-mason-interview/. 
  19. ↑ Swisher, Kara (6 October 2011). "Women in Tech: We Really Do Need More!". https://www.glamour.com/story/women-in-tech-we-really-do-need-more. 
  20. ↑ Fischetti, Mark (16 November 2011). "Physics or Fashion? What Science Lovers Link to Most.". https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/graphic-science-science-lovers-web-traffic/. 
  21. ↑ Easter, Michael (1 April 2011). "Getting to Know You: Bit.ly Chief Scientist Finds Rich Data in Shortened Links.". https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/getting-to-know-you/. 
  22. ↑ "Fast Forward Labs: What we do". https://fastforwardlabs.com/#what-we-do. 
  23. ↑ "Cloudera: About". https://www.cloudera.com/more/about.html. 
  24. ↑ Mason, Hilary (7 September 2017). "Fast Forward Blog: To the Future...". http://blog.fastforwardlabs.com/2017/09/07/to-the-future.html. 
  25. ↑ Constine, Josh (22 February 2012). "The Winners Of This Year's $100,000 TechFellow Awards Are…". https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/22/the-winners-of-this-years-100000-techfellow-awards-are/. 
  26. ↑ "40 Under 40: Ones to watch - Hilary Mason (13)". Fortune. http://archive.fortune.com/galleries/2011/news/companies/1110/gallery.40_under_40_ones_to_watch.fortune/13.html. 
  27. ↑ Chu, Jeff (13 May 2013). "99-100. Hilary Mason, Leslie Bradshaw" (in en-US). http://www.fastcompany.com/3009220/most-creative-people-2013/99-100-hilary-mason-leslie-bradshaw. 

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