Derek Farren

Derek Farren is an accomplished Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Roblox since October 2020, previously serving as a Machine Learning Engineer at Functionize from October 2018 to September 2020. His extensive experience includes roles as a Principal Data Scientist at Walmart Labs from August 2012 to March 2017 and a Senior Manager of CRM Analytics at Walmart.com from July 2010 to August 2012. Derek also co-founded palanKa, contributing from October 2009 to June 2011, and held the position of CRM Manager at D&S, which was acquired by Walmart, from May 2007 to June 2010. Earlier in his career, Derek worked as a Customer Intelligence Analyst at LAN Airlines between January 2006 and April 2007. Educationally, Derek holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, achieved between 2016 and 2018, and a Master in Sciences with a focus on Data Mining from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, completed in 2005, alongside an engineering degree in Ingeniería Civil Industrial from the same institution, acquired in 2003.