Jill Cates

Jill Cates is a Senior Data Scientist at Shopify, where responsibilities include leading data-driven initiatives since January 2020. Prior experience includes working as a Data Scientist at BioSymetrics Inc. from October 2018 to January 2020, contributing to projects such as the development of an early onset sepsis diagnostic model and the creation of tools for medical data standardization. Jill also served as a Data Science Consultant at QxMD, where an implicit feedback recommender system for medical research papers was built for a user base of approximately 500,000 people. Earlier roles include a Software Developer position at TELUS Digital, focusing on migrating codebases and developing APIs. Jill holds a Master's degree in Data Science from The University of British Columbia.