Yi Jia

Leader in data science with multi-disciplinary experience and 15+ years demonstrated scientific and technical excellence, project leadership and people leadership by proven scientific excellence and product development record with multi-million-dollar value creation activities through data science implementation. -Specialty: Genetics | Genomics | Computational biology | Quantitative genetics | System biology | Predictive modeling | Machine learning | Scientific computing | Strategy planning and execution | Cross-function collaboration | Project leadership | People leadership -Science and technical excellence: i) Excellent scientific records with publications in Science, PNAS, PLoS Genetics, Genetics and other leading scientific journals; ii) In-depth understanding of biology questions in agriculture with expertise in machine learning, predictive modeling and computational biology; iii) Develop IP and improve R&D efficiency through deep learning and other machine learning modeling; iv) Serve in global genomic breeding steering team to provide scientific and stage gate reviews for global genomic breeding projects. -Project leadership: i) Proactively take initiatives for innovation creation and continuous improvement projects; ii) Build and lead cross-function teams for project planning, execution and closure; iii) Communicate control plans to realize and sustain project gain; iv) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. -People leadership: i) Hire, supervise and coach people to add values on both people and business; ii) Motivate and share vision with team members for project and business success; iii) Influence and communicate with key stakeholders to accelerate business success and impacts.