Yalım D
Machine Learning Scientist at PayPal
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolYalım D is a Machine Learning Scientist based in San Francisco with eight years of experience turning complex data into actionable business strategies using predictive modeling, optimization, and statistical analysis. Currently at PayPal, he has built production ML solutions across startups and enterprises including BOLD, Matterport, and Borda Technology, leveraging Python, R, SQL, AWS SageMaker, and tools like XGBoost and PuLP. He combines strong engineering practice (Git, Docker-friendly workflows) with polished data visualization skills in Tableau, Looker and Plotly to surface insights for stakeholders. A former national-level swimmer and endurance athlete, Yalım brings discipline and team leadership to fast-paced data problems and co-founded a large Boston German Club community, signaling a knack for building engagement beyond code.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Sabanci UniversityGraduate Certification, Graduate Certification at Northeastern UniversityExchange Studies, Exchange Studies at Technische Universität Hamburg-HarburgHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Georg Avusturya Lisesi ve Ticaret Okulu (Österreichisches St. Georgs-Kolleg)
Turkish, German, English
Github Skills (1)
visualizations1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
demirkeseny/facebook-conversion-prediction-and-budget-optimization
Apr 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:61 commits, 60 pushes in 1 year 10 months
demirkeseny/Are-you-a-smoker-or-non-smoker
Jun 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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