👋 About me

Hello, I'm Susan. I'm a technical leader of machine learning teams. My goal is to help others succeed in the ML field.

Currently, I'm a principal data scientist at Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch and the ELK stack. Previously, I was principal data scientist at a fintech unicorn. I've also led and shipped ML in telecommunications, social platforms, and more.

Machine Learning Interviews book (O'Reilly)

To share my knowledge in the machine learning field, I wrote a book, _Machine Learning Interviews_, published by O'Reilly, one of the largest global tech book publishers. In the book, I aim to help folks join the competitive ML field. Get the book here.

📝 About this blog

This blog was started in 2017, since I wanted to share productivity tips for how I manage my time and juggle many difficult initiatives successfully. Since then it's expanded to helping folks succeed in ML and design their careers.

Productivity

I worked full time while finishing up my master's degree, and also worked on my video game studio on the weekends. Now, I also speak at various conferences, including keynotes, around the world. At the same time, I am able to spend a lot of quality time with friends and family. This is thanks to years and years of refining my focus and productivity, and I often get questions about it which inspire my blog posts.

Career design

As I grew in my career, I also started to write more about career design. I was promoted to principal/lead level by the time I was 26 years old, but it was not an accident. Read more to see how I design my career and reach my career goals.

In my spare time, I also write DS/ML specific guides on my Substack and co-organize the 3700+ member Toronto Women's Data Group.