Samin Rastgoufard

Samin Rastgoufard, Ph.D., is an experienced data professional specializing in fraud and risk analytics. Currently serving as Data Lead for Advanced Product Analytics at Airbnb, Samin focuses on enhancing the platform's content integrity and user safety through advanced analytics. Previous roles include Senior Data Scientist at Socure, where Samin developed machine learning models for fraud detection, and Advanced Data Scientist at Feedzai, responsible for building scoring models to prevent fraud in banking. Samin's background also includes electrical engineering experience at Entergy and extensive academic involvement, with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Orleans and additional training in data science.