Women in Data Science Puget Sound 2026 Conference

PANEL - Overcoming Layoffs: Lessons in Career Resiliency
2026-05-08 , Mercer Room

Strategic leader with 17+ years experience in product and tech operations and strategy. Currently the Chief of Staff for Data & AI at Expedia Group. Pervious experience includes Google, Vivint Smart Home, Ancestry.com and The New York Times.

Sr Data Scientist, Data Engineer, and ML Engineer with 8+ years of experience building production ML systems and data infrastructure. At Nordstrom, co-launched Smart Markdown—the company's first dynamic pricing optimization model—while designing Nordycast, an ML Ops platform widely adopted across the org. Spoke about the platform at WiDS Puget Sound 2022. At Textio, built production NLP systems including BERT-based discrimination detection and led cross-functional data migrations and experimentation frameworks. Currently an AI/LLM Engineer at a stealth-mode startup. Passionate about designing systems people adopt and elevating teams through mentorship and technical standards.

Data engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building data platforms and helping teams make better decisions. Currently a Principal Data Engineer at JumpCloud. Previously worked at OfferUp, Disney, and Visa, leading large-scale data and analytics initiatives across cloud environments.