Benjamin Dean Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Haystack is building the most accurate database of local inventory and the super-app for in-person shopping, making the 85% of shopping done at brick-and-mortar stores as easy as shopping on Amazon.For shoppers, Haystack is creating an Amazon-like product search and purchasing experience powered by your local stores. For merchants, Haystack is helping.

• New York City's Chief Data Scientist under Mayor Bloomberg
• Analytics Unit recognized by President Obama as one of 13 Champions of Change for Local Government Innovation in 2012.
• Led team of five data scientists tasked by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with leveraging New York City’s regulatory data to drive operational efficiency through risk-based resource allocation and fraud detection.
• Embedded analytic capacity in a dynamic data warehouse for both systemic risk-based resource allocation pattern identification as well as tactical relationship integration.
• Created first system of risk driven buildings inspections in a major city – targeted locations for joint inspections by the Fire and Buildings Departments, identifying targets dangerous enough to be vacated at over a.
• Acted as the primary intelligence coordinator for NYC’s response to Hurricane Sandy, created the “go to” database for all building-level data (heat, electricity, structural stability, flood damage, etc.), identified.

Mba, Entrepreneurial Management, Marketing And Operations Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematical Economics