About
Rachel Wang is the co-founder and CEO of HeartByte. She previously served as Chief Data Officer at Wish, an e-commerce marketplace, and holds a Master of Data Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Peking University.
Founder at HeartByteYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Rachel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran HeartByte's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Rachel can intro founders to HeartByte's investors below.
HeartByte's investors · 2
Experience
- HeartByte (YC W24)Founder and CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WishChief Data Officer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- WishPartner with Board2022 — 2023
- WishDirector, Data Science2022
- WishSenior Manager, Data Science2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TrueCar, Inc.Manager, Data Science2015 — 2020Greater Los Angeles, California, United States
Skills & more
Team Leadership6Strategic Planning4Strategy3Spark6Analytics7Python12Machine Learning6Data Analysis43Research31Stata29R28C19
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SQLStatistical ModelingData MiningData VisualizationIT TransformationUnixTime Series AnalysisText MiningGephiEnergy IndustryD3.jsLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rachel Wang?
- Rachel Wang is the co-founder and CEO of HeartByte. She previously served as Chief Data Officer at Wish, an e-commerce marketplace, and holds a Master of Data Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Peking University.
- Where does Rachel Wang work?
- Rachel Wang is Founder of HeartByte.
- What companies did Rachel Wang found?
- Rachel Wang founded HeartByte.
- Where did Rachel Wang go to school?
- Rachel Wang studied at Columbia University (Master of Arts (MA), Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences); Peking University (Bachelor of Engineering, Energy Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (American/United States Studies/Civilization).
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