Susan Athey Email & Phone Number

Stanford, Ca, Us

Stanford, Ca, Us

The Economics of Technology Professor. Teaching: Marketplaces for Goods and Services; Data Driven Impact; Digital Platform Markets; Cryptocurrency; Financial Platform Technology; Machine Learning and Causal Inference; Artificial Intelligence for Executives. A selection of current research topics: Machine learning and causal inferenceApplications of artificial intelligence for social impactAdaptive experiments, bandits and contextual banditsNew statistical methods at the intersection of economics and machine learning applied to big dataModels of consumer choice and shopping behaviorNews consumption and the news mediaApplications of machine learning and causal inference in health

Stanford, Ca, Us

We use digital technology and social science research to improve the effectiveness of leading social sector organizations. Based out of Stanford GSB, the lab is a research initiative of affiliated academics and staff, as well as researchers and students, who are passionate about conducting research that guides and improves the process of innovation.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Advisor to Ripple Labs starting in July 2013. Joined the Board of Directors April 2014. Ripple is an open-source, distributed payment protocol. It enables free and instant payments with no chargebacks and in any currency — including dollars, yen, euros, bitcoins, and even loyalty points. Businesses of any size can easily build payment solutions, such as banking or remittance apps, and accelerate the movement of money on Ripple.

New York, Ny, Us

Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm exclusively focused on applying innovation in financial services into the global financial system. Our rich experience and deep connections in both finance and technology give us a unique perspective and facility to help entrepreneurs transform payments, credit models and financial infrastructure. We strive to form truly collaborative partnerships, offering our own money and expert advice.

Portola Valley, Ca, Us

XSeed Capital makes initial investments at the seed stage and continues to support portfolio companies with time, effort and follow-on capital through multiple investment rounds. We work hard from the get-go to help entrepreneurs build value and achieve their goals.

Advisor to AppSheet. Acquired by Google in 2020.

Advisor to and angel investor in Sense: "Superpowered Data Analysis and Business Analytics"https://angel.co/sense Acquired by Cloudera in 2016.

Member of this National Academy of Science board. Also a member of National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. Deals with various policy issues concerning science and technology in the United States.

Appointed by President Obama to the National Medal of Science Committee. Evaluated and recommended medal recipients to the President.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Long-term consultant to Microsoft in various roles, including a period as consulting chief economist as well as consulting and visiting researcher at Microsoft Research. Spent several years as a long-term consultant to senior leadership team and the corporate strategy group. Areas of expertise include online advertising, internet search, big data analytics, antitrust and policy surrounding competition in internet search and online advertising, and corporate strategy.Sample of projects:-Contributed to numerous strategy white papers with corporate strategy group-Valuation of the largest syndication deals and partnerships in internet search over the past 7 years-Strategy for competing against Google in internet search and display-Architect of algorithms for pricing search advertising, working closely with engineering team-Develop metrics and methods for analyzing large-scale data about advertiser behavior in search-A/B Testing methodology and metrics-Cloud computing strategy-Core team for several large-scale regulatory efforts, including blocking the attempted alliance between Google and Yahoo! in 2008, gaining approval for the Microsoft-Yahoo! search alliance, and the antitrust investigations against Google by the FTC, European Commission, and other regulatory agencies. Conducted analysis, presented to regulatory agencies, met with legislators, wrote white papers, and presented at public forums.-Co-founder of the Empirical Economics program at Microsoft Research New England, bringing in external academic economists to collaborate with Microsoft and do research using its proprietary data.

Elected to a 3 year term as member of the executive committee of the AEA, the largest professional association for economists with over 18,000 members. The executive committee oversees all aspects of the AEA, including journals, budget, public affairs, and other administration. Served on the subcommittee on editorial appointments. Other service to the AEA outside the executive committee includes service on the honors and awards committee (selection of major awards), nominating committee (selection of potential officers to stand for election), and the Elaine Bennett award committee.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics