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I’m Dylan Wu.
A Data Wizard with an advanced degree in data science and 7+ years of experience at high-growth startups
I am a full-stack data practitioner skilled in analytics, engineering, and strategy, with experience spanning mobile search, finance, marketing, and e-commerce. Specialize in translating data into insights and building robust data foundations tailored to startups at every growth stage.
Data & Analytics Engineering
Engineer Mind
Business Strategy
Data Science
Data Strategy
Product Strategy

Experience

Career
Route
Los Angeles,  CA
Sep 2021 - Present
Staff Product Analyst

- Oct 2022 - Present

  • Transitioned to an individual contributor role after two rounds of layoffs, with 60%+ workforce reduction test
  • Oversee product lines in both Consumer (B2C) and SaaS (B2B), advocate self-serve data culture by holding training sessions across departments, and guide company-wide product roadmaps and strategy through in-depth insights
  • Led first consumer monetization initiative from 0 to 1, guiding and implementing the end-to-end data and experimentation strategy, and identified product-market fit, creating a $1 million annual revenue opportunity
  • Initiated and implemented the first centralized customer profiling for company, capturing over 150+ attributes of 15+ millions users on daily basis, providing actionable insights, supporting operation, and guiding product roadmaps
  • Revamped company A/B testing practices by aligning cross-functional teams on experimentation principles and eliminating data discrepancies with engineering teams among experimentation, streaming, and analytics tools
Analytics lead / Manager

- Sep 2021- Oct 2022

  • Promoted from lead to the manager within 12 months of joining the company
  • Oversaw analytics for all Consumer product lines, offering analytics consultancy to cross-department leaders, and collaborated on quarterly analytics roadmaps with the senior leadership team
  • Enhanced the company's data strategy by promoting a data planning culture among teams, standardizing data creation procedures, and partnering with teams to enable unified user identification across client platforms
  • Developed hiring plans, onboarded new team members, promoted uniform practices through weekly knowledge-sharing sessions, and mentored junior and senior analysts in analytics, data modeling, and tooling
  • Established key metrics for supervised product lines, identified leading indicators of those key metrics, and shared data insights with the C-suite. These insights and key metrics later evolved into company-wide initiatives and OKRs
  • Uncovered incidents, collaborated with cross-functional teams, and improved app retention by 100%
Acorns
Los Angeles,  CA
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
Sr. Data Analyst
  • Led analytics for debit card, smart deposit, and money transfer product lines, collaborating with cross-functional teams from product, engineering, marketing, operations, design, and risk to enhance user experiences
  • Defined KPIs with leaders and business owners and developed performance dashboards for business and product
  • Conducted Unit Econ, LTV, A/B testing, Time Series, and Funnel analyses in Databricks to drive decision-making
Neustar
Los Angeles,  CA
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Data Strategy Analyst
  • Managed marketing mix analysis, data assessment, and data QA for four industry leaders across various sectors
  • Analyzed complex datasets through Python, SQL, and Tableau to identify critical inputs for machine learning model
  • Consulted on client business strategies and designed data pipelines for machine learning model
Zowdow
Los Angeles,  CA
May 2017 - May 2018
Data Analyst (#1 analyst Hire)
  • Designed an automated reporting system using Python, Redshift (SQL), and Tableau to track and measure KPIs
  • Managed a data warehouse with over 10 billion monthly records, ensuring data quality and recovery from failures
  • Conducted data analysis on 100 billion searching records, providing valuable product insights to decision-makers
Education
University of Southern California
Master of Science in Business Analytics
Los Angeles,  CA
Dec 2016
University of Iowa
Double Majors: B.B.A. Accounting & Management Information Systems
Iowa City, IA
Dec 2016
Skills
Programming Languages:
SQL
SparkSQL
Python
PySpark
Data Stack:
Databricks
Tableau
Snowflake
Amplitude
dbt
Redshift
mParticle
Split
Optimizely
Languages:
English
Mandarin
Wu Mandarin
Contact Me!
I am currently not seeking a new role, but if you have any exciting projects or would like to discuss data, feel free to reach out.
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