# Alex Fan

> MS Data Science at Stanford

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexfan

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer - DS/AI @ Jericho Security
Jan 2023 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Data Science/Machine Learning Intern @ Jericho Security
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Data Science Intern @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Data Analyst Fellow @ Applecart
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
•  Used SQL/Pyspark to manipulate large volumes of consumer/voter data and create samples of likely voters, which were then used for polling. 
•  Leveraged Tableau to create dashboards of the demographic and attitude breakdowns of the polling sample
•  Constructed ETL pipelines for client retail stock-holder databases, later used in client-specific survey targeting

### Senior Research Assistant @ Emory University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Atlanta Area
• Utilizing Python and R for web scraping thousands of newspaper editorials and radio transcripts for text analysis
• Created machine-learning models using TensorFlow and Keras that to maximize efficiency in data classification
• Applied Latent Dirichlet Allocation to create topic models of radio transcripts, creating a lexicon for further analysis

### Intro to Statistical Inference Lab Assistant @ Emory University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Atlanta Area
• oversaw students as they learned how to code using R
• Held a weekly office hour for students to find help and ask questions about their assignments

### Senior Research Assistant @ Boston University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Boston Area
• Compiled information on 1500+ US Attorneys including demographic, political experience, and time in office
• Supervised 5 research assistants and held meetings to ensure quality and timely submission of work
• Communicated with the principal investigator to make sure data collection was on schedule and holistic

### Speech and Debate Judge @ Woodward Academy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Atlanta Area
• Judged at 6+ local and national high school debate tournaments for Policy Debate per school year
• Provided feedback and suggestions on both content and form of competitors’ arguments and critical thinking skills
• Coached 3 teams by running pre-tournament practice drills and mock debates designed to increase argument fluency

### Intern for Congressional Rep. Kyrsten Sinema @ US Congress
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Phoenix, Arizona Area
-Communicated messages and casework from constituents to the caseworkers in the office or to DC through the constituent database. 

-Interacted with local lobby and interest groups while shadowing meetings between them and the community liaison.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Data Science
Stanford University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Data Analytics
Emory University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Hamilton High School
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-fan-ba6b3910b

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Last updated: 2026-04-01