Dr. Jegar Pitchforth

Helping the world's most profitable travel agent stay ahead of the game

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Booking.com was founded by a Dutch entrepreneur in the early days of the internet. Since then it has served billions of customers, connecting them with hotel rooms around the world.

 

I joined the company in August of 2015, following the closure of Population Genetics Technologies. I was posted in the Partner Services department of the company, dedicated to serving our suppliers in the most efficient and effective way.

 

As a Data Scientist at Booking.com I work daily with a wide range of teams assisting strategic development, designing online experiments, creating metric frameworks, and exploring new market data amongst other functions. 

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Based on an Agile development framework, the stories on my backlog have required me to develop my skills not only in statistical analysis, but also in machine learning, Natural Language Processing, and reproducible research. 

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At Booking.com I am lucky to work with a highly motivated and innovative group of Data Scientists who are teaching me how to gain the greatest benefit from large commercial datasets.