Debora Donato

Debora Donato is an accomplished professional in data science and analytics, currently serving as VP of Data & Product Analytics at Ancestry since June 2020. Previously held various leadership roles at Mix.com, including VP of Content Discovery and Director of R&D, where contributions included defining product strategy and building data infrastructure for content recommendation systems. Before that, Debora excelled at StumbleUpon as Sr. Director of Personalization and Principal Data Scientist, leading teams to enhance user experiences through personalized content discovery. Debora's early career included significant roles at Yahoo! in User Intent Analysis and Web Information Retrieval, where research focused on user behavior modeling and search enhancement. Academic qualifications include an MBA from The Wharton School, a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from Sapienza Università di Roma, and a degree in Electronic Engineering from the same institution.