Skylar Payne

Skylar Payne has a diverse work experience, beginning with an Undergraduate Researcher position at UC Irvine in 2013. In 2014, they were a Research and Development Intern at Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd- Business Solution Group. In 2015, they were a Software Engineer at Google, where they improved infrastructure for interactively running large end to end tests. In 2016, they joined LinkedIn as a Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning, where they led the design and implementation of a machine learning system to dynamically generate questions to refine a user's hiring intentions. Skylar also conducted several analyses to identify gaps in machine learning relevance and sent out a daily diagnostic email filled with metrics of the backend service. In 2020, they joined Mindstrong as a Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning, where they were the Tech Lead of "MindViz" and led efforts to build re-usable infra to productionize new models/data visualizations. In 2021, they joined HealthRhythms as a Machine Learning Lead, leading efforts to build reliable, responsible, and scalable data and machine learning practices.

Skylar Payne has an education history that includes a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine, which they obtained between 2013 and 2015. Prior to this, they attended Bakersfield College from 2011 to 2013. Payne has also obtained several certifications, including Data Science Strategy from Teachable in May 2022, AI in Healthcare and AI in Healthcare Capstone from Coursera in March 2022, Evaluations of AI Applications in Healthcare from Coursera in February 2022, Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Healthcare from Coursera in December 2021, Introduction to Clinical Data from Coursera in November 2021, Introduction to Healthcare from Coursera in October 2021, Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals from LinkedIn in August 2020, Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals from LinkedIn in August 2020, GarageBand Essential Training from LinkedIn in May 2020, and Human Subjects Research – Biomedical (Biomed) Foundations from CITI Program in November 2022.