Mark Bessen Email & Phone Number

Mark Bessen is a Data Scientist at Apple Media Products at Apple. He possess expertise in cat sitting, writing, book research, data analysis, data science and 14 more skills. He is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with Mark Bessen on a data science team for Apple Media Products devoted to online experimentation and offline evaluations. This was Mark's first data science position out of school and he quickly ramped up on all the technical tools and evaluation methodologies needed to function as a productive and active team member. Other data scientists (myself included) benefited from working with Mark as he was helpful in discussing research and experiment design methodologies. In fact, Mark was performing at the level of a senior data scientist after a short ramp up period and much of his analysis code and data pipeline code was reused by other team members. Given that our team did not have any explicit data engineering support, data scientists on our team functioned as big data engineers (responsible for big data engineering in Scala/Hadoop) and data scientists (responsible for experiment and metrics design, R programming, offline evaluation methodologies, etc.) and Mark excelled at both job functions. As a data science team, we often partnered with applied research and engineering teams to evaluate new features. Many members of our partner teams commented that they enjoyed collaborating with Mark because of his thorough analyses and his strong communication skills. I also noticed that Mark had a quick turnaround time with analyses, was prompt about communication and frequently solicited feedback on his results/methodologies. Mark's expertise in media content (books, tv, movies) was an asset when combined with the technical skills he mastered on the job. Mark's high level of productivity, his high-quality work and collaboration skills make him an asset for any data science team in the future and I would be delighted to work with him again.", "Mark is an excellent data scientist and technology strategist, who combined his technical skills and passion for entertainment content (books, movies, TV, etc.). He is also a great storyteller with integrity and intelligence, not only at various conferences representing the company, but also making sure our deliverables were catered to broad and niche audiences. Mark's fantastic instincts made him a unique CTO with working knowledge of data science, and I'm happy to have the chance to work with and learn from him - I hope we get to do it again. I believe his overall presence had a positive impact on the company these past 3 years, and he would be a great asset to any organization.", and "I have had the privilege of working with/for Mark for the last year and a half. In that time he not only demonstrated the breadth and depth of his knowledge as a data scientist but also the ability, willingness and patience to communicate that knowledge to co-workers and customers. Mark always has the bigger picture in mind and his efforts helped me, and the company, grow. If you are looking for a data scientist that is knowledgeable and articulate and brings both integrity and a great work ethic to the table then I highly recommend Mark."

Listed skills include Cat Sitting, Writing, Book Research, Data Analysis, and 15 others.