Igor Geyn

Applied Data Scientist

igorgeyn@gmail.com · LinkedIn · SF Bay Area

Applied data scientist and researcher with publication record and 10 years of experience. Specialize in clean delivery of complicated data analysis, workflow automation, applied machine learning (ML), and causal inference using both experimental and observational methods (e.g., A/B testing, RCTs, RD, and DiD). Comfortable in fast-paced, rigorous settings where projects span across business functions. Recognized for professional excellence and leadership skills.

Experience

Held during PhD program

Economist

Conduct research on workforce trends as part of a team of economists. Leverage public and proprietary data to answer policy and business questions (e.g., designing workforce development programs) for clients. Provide subject matter expertise on research design, statistics, causal inference, and ML. Build user-facing dashboards and other visual outputs.

Data Scientist

Automated analysis across dozens of enterprise risks (billions of USD in expenditures) using Python, SQL, and AWS. Reduced preparation time, increased process transparency, and shortened regulatory filings by weeks. Built interactive tools (e.g., dashboards) for exploring risk scenarios, calculating program effectiveness, causal analysis, and communication to senior stakeholders. Performed first causal analysis of wildfire prevention programs (a key PG&E risk exposure that led to company bankruptcy in 2019). Promoted from Data Science Intern.

Survey Science Intern

Combined causal inference techniques (geo discontinuity, SynthDiD) with re-weighted customer survey data (MrP) to plan product expansion (R + Python). Analyzed dataset with thousands of user survey responses and millions of rides generated by in-app customer behavior. Executed several natural experiments to identify previously unseen business opportunities.

Research Fellow

Co-authored 4 policy reports on D.C. health workforce access and disparities. Combined ACS data, FOIA records, and original geocoding to produce first publicly available analysis of D.C.'s health workforce.

Graduate Student Researcher

Evaluated California health program effectiveness using difference-in-differences methodology.

Sr. Data Analyst

Wrote production code to enhance customer data. Conducted UX research using ML to improve contract detail prediction and linkages across millions of contracts. Improved web application experience for BGOV and Bloomberg Terminal products. Assisted company-wide cloud migration.

Sr. Research Analyst

(2x) Led multi-analyst team in execution of multi-million dollar flagship research product delivered to Fortune 500 companies. Ensured timely delivery of complicated contracts and nuanced market/marketing analyses using MaxDiff, conjoint, and other approaches. Fielded surveys to 250,000+ respondent audience using complex weighting and respondent quota structure. Performed survey and white label research for 100+ client engagements using R and Qualtrics. Promoted from Research Analyst.

Research Analyst

Conducted quantitative and qualitative research for grant-funded projects on health workforce shortage, regional disparities, pilot program evaluation, and forecasting (primarily R). Co-authored 4 policy reports including statewide physician workforce analysis for the California Health Care Foundation. Coordinated large, state-funded evaluation programs and other projects.

Education

Ph.D. Political Science
UCLA · Jan-Feb 2026 (Expected)
Statistics and Methodology Focus, GPA: 4.0
B.A. Economics and Political Science
UC San Diego · 2015
Departmental High Honors, Pi Sigma Alpha

Technical Skills

Languages Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, Polars, DuckDB) · R (tidyverse, fixest, did) · SQL
ML/Stats GLMs/regularization · XGBoost/LightGBM · Feature engineering & pipelines · CV · Calibration · Uplift/causal ML · SHAP
Causal A/B testing · DiD/RD/IV · Matching
Data/Cloud dbt/Dataform · Airflow/Composer · BigQuery/Vertex AI · Snowflake · Docker · PostgreSQL · Foundry
Bayes PyMC/Stan (MCMC)

Honors & Awards

Summer Research Grant
California Policy Lab · 2022
$10,000 award for promising graduate research (co-awarded with D. Firoozi)
Mentored Research Fund
UCLA · 2021
Support for independent research in political science
Star Award for Excellence
GovExec · 2019
Recognized for planning and execution of Leading Brands in Government