About

Cassie Kozyrkov is a renowned data scientist and leader at Google with a passion for democratizing Decision Intelligence and promoting safe, reliable AI. With over 20 years of relevant experience, Cassie brings a unique blend of technical expertise, public-speaking skills, analytics management experience, and the ability to lead organizational change. Cassie has provided guidance on over 100 projects and was instrumental in designing Google's analytics program, personally training over 20,000 Googlers in statistics, decision-making, and machine learning. Her primary skills include data science, decision science, public-speaking, leadership, strategy, and process architecture. Cassie's academic expertise spans a wide range of disciplines, including statistics, decision theory, machine learning, artificial intelligence, experimental game theory, industrial organization, behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience. Prior to her current role as a Member of the Board of Advisors at smartgift, Cassie served as Google's Chief Decision Scientist, where she spearheaded the development of Decision Intelligence, an interdisciplinary field that combines Data Science with the Behavioral Sciences. In this role, she served as a thought leader in the new discipline, guiding Google and the world in making safe, effective use of AI and data. Before joining Google, Cassie served as a Statistics Instructor at North Carolina State University, where she taught large statistics courses for all majors. Cassie holds a Ph.D. ABD in Psychology and Neuroscience from Duke University, a Master's degree in Mathematical Statistics from North Carolina State University, a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago, and a B.Com in Economics and Mathematical Statistics from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. Cassie's tech stack includes ML, Research Scientist, AI, Data Scientist, and Data Engineering. With her impressive background and unique skill set, Cassie is a true leader in the field of data science and a driving force behind the safe and ethical use of AI.