Work with Mary
Executive Coaching — Getting Started Package
Starting at
$831.25
Complete 6 Month Executive Coaching Engagement (360 Analysis Included)
$10,000
About
From engineer to Chief Data Officer, I have the insights and 30+ years experience to grow your data science career. My unique qualifications include helping new grads and career switchers get their first job in data science, seasoned data scientists land their first manager role and beyond. As a woman in tech and CDO, I’ve helped men, women, and underrepresented professionals confidently own their value, negotiate higher salaries, and accelerate their career growth.
Mary also coaches for Data Science, AI & ML Engineering, AI Strategy & Transformation, Break Into AI Careers, AI for Businesses, and AI Careers. View all.
Mary’s Executive Coaching Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
Mary has helped clients get into these companies:
With over 30 years of experience in data and more than a decade as a data leader, I’ve honed my skills in building high-performing teams and guiding professionals to achieve their career goals. As Head of Data Science and now Chief AI and Data Officer, I’ve led transformative data initiatives and cultivated a leadership approach that empowers others to excel. I specialize in coaching executives and aspiring leaders to reach new heights in their careers. I’ve guided a data analyst to become a Head of Business Intelligence, a data engineer to rise to Principal Data Engineer, a junior data scientist to transition into a senior data scientist, and a data engineer to achieve the position of Senior Director of their department. Beyond one-on-one coaching, I’ve contributed to organizational growth as a board member, advising a financial institution on navigating challenging economic conditions while maintaining responsible growth strategies. Having reviewed thousands of resumes and conducted over 200 interviews, I bring deep insight into what it takes to thrive in competitive and evolving fields. Helping professionals at all levels—especially data leaders—reach their potential is my passion. I take immense satisfaction in mentoring others and enabling them to step confidently into their next career challenge. If that sounds like you, let's connect!
Mary can help with:
Board Relations
Communication Skills
Decision Making
Leadership Development
Strategic Planning
Strategy
Succession Planning
Team Management
Why do I coach?
My interest in coaching stems from a lifelong passion for mentoring and helping others grow. Over the past decade, I have volunteered as a lecturer and mentor at UCLA, University of Southern California and Occidental College, served as a hack-a-thon judge for the American Statistical Association Data Fest, and contributed to the UCLA Sharpe Fellowship program. I’ve also dedicated over six years to mentoring high school students through robotics coaching, sparking greater interest in STEM, preparing for college applications and empowering the next generation of innovators. On a personal level, I have mentored university students for over a decade, guiding them through projects, securing internships, and landing their first jobs and I take pride in supporting career changers from non-traditional backgrounds as they transition into the data field. I was fortunate to have an excellent mentor early in my career who played a pivotal role in building my confidence and propelling me toward the success I enjoy today. This experience has deepened my belief in the transformative power of mentorship, and it inspires me to pay it forward. Now, I am pursuing coaching to expand my impact and help even more people thrive in the data field.
Work Experience
Chief Data Officer
Urgently
February 2021 - Present
Hiring Manager
Oversee the strategic data priorities and develop our data engineering, business intelligence and data science and AI/ML capabilities to solve business challenges, and to improve our user, vendor & partner experiences. • Created the company’s comprehensive data and analytics platform with historical and real-time data • Lead the company’s ML/AI initiatives which resulted in a 10% reduction in costs (approx. $10MM) with algorithmic pricing, ranking and scoring algorithms • Manage a multi-year digital transformation under a changing business & team environment while staying on budget • Transform the company’s ethos from historical analyses (backward looking) to predictions & forecasts (forward looking) • Build & coach data science, business intelligence and data engineering teams • Help all stakeholders to develop a data-driven approach to drive business impact • Spearhead an experimental mindset to solve issues across the company; deployed company-wide A/B testing framework Business Process, Machine Learning and +9 skills
Head of Data Science
inMarket
August 2017 - February 2021
Hiring Manager
• Successfully merged two existing businesses for data assets and processes into one data science and insights team with improved throughput of the combined company from an active Merger & Acquisition • Monetized existing data by creating new products, location-based insight & persona products • Developed & Implemented data analytics and data science roadmaps • Provided modeling, predictive analysis, scenario planning, A/B testing • Evaluated and acquired new data to build new data products • Reduced inefficiencies with creating fast Minimum Viable Products using data Python, Business Process and +6 skills
Head of Data Science
thinknear
August 2017 - August 2019
Hiring Manager
• Built new data products such as location-based product from idea to market • Championed new product development with difference usage of existing data • Balanced expectations from many stakeholders; communicated a compelling vision • Designed a scalable & reusable analytics solution and developed an analytic platform • Operationalized insights by building a self-service Insights dashboard, improved accessibility & adoption Python, Business Intelligence and +6 skills
Senior Data Scientist
AwesomenessTV
May 2016 - June 2017
As the first Data Science hire, I developed the A/B testing framework to create a data-driven approach in measuring campaign effectiveness. • Designed an A/B testing framework to standardize testing across business units • Develop models to understand engaged audience • Created targeting strategies for specific audience segments for social media advertising • Launched an Early Signs of Success Prediction Model to aid in decision making Predictive Modeling, Data Science and +1 skill
Vice President of Business Development
spotter
December 2015 - April 2016
Hiring Manager
• Implemented and managed a new BI department; hired and mentored analysts • Developed data workflow and built a Data Warehouse solution • Designed and built analytic and predictive capabilities for the new BI/data science department Python, Business Process and +6 skills
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate studies, Economics and Finance
University of Alberta
Master of Arts - MA, Economics
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Science, Math and Economics
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