Hi, I'm Leila Soltani.

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Self-driven, quick starter, passionate Product Scientist with a curious mind who enjoys solving a complex and challenging real-world problems.

About

I am a Product Analyst professional with over 7 years of experience delivering end-to-end analytics solutions. Adept at leveraging data storytelling and analytical frameworks to drive product insights and strategic decision-making. Proven success in collaborating with cross-functional teams. Demonstrated impact in transforming business operations into data-driven environments, notably enhancing reporting standards and supporting product teams to align with evolving market demands.

  • Languages: Python, R , JavaScript, HTML/CSS
  • Data Visualization: Tableau, PowerBI, Domo, Looker
  • Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • Tools & Technologies: Git, AWS, DataBricks, JIRA, Amplitude, Adobe Analytics
  • Others:Team working, Campaign Management through Public Narrative, Data StoryTelling

Looking for an opportunity to work in a challenging position combining my skills in Business Analytics, Data Science and Product Development.

Experience

AI Product Architect
  • Develop comprehensive solution documents, including business requirements and technical stack, to support the design and functionality of an AI-driven application.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, including clients, product managers, and data engineers, to align product requirements and ensure seamless development and deployment.
  • Tools and Skills: Azure AI search, Python, SQL, People Management
Nov 2024 - Current | San Jose, CA
Locallization Team Member
  • Collaborated with project managers and the marketing team to define deliverables aligned with go-to-market (GTM) strategies.
  • Coordinated with third-party vendors to proofread training data, optimizing the Translation Management System (TMS) with AI language models (LLMs).
  • Led a team of volunteers to incorporate feedback into the minimum viable product (MVP).
  • Tools and Skills: Crowdin, Teamwork
July 2024 - Nov 2024 | Remote
Senior Product Analyst
  • Provided data-driven insights to the UX/UI team for the alpha version of CheggMate (Multi-Turn Chat System), leading to redefined KPIs that aligned with AI- driven business needs.
  • Developed Interface Requirement Documents (IRDs) and product launch analytics plans in collaboration with Product and Data Solutions, ensuring alignment with stakeholder goals from day one.
  • Collaborated on A/B test analysis (design, implementation, and results interpretation) for Chegg’s new LLM platform (MTC) as part of a 4-member core team.
  • Automated reporting pipelines in Tableau, Amplitude, and Excel, streamlining A/B testing and GTM strategy execution.
  • Tools: Python, DataBricks, Amplitude, SQL, Tableau, Confluence, A/B Testing, Data Storytelling
Apr 2023 - Jun 2024 | Santa Clara, CA
Manager, Business Operations Analysis
  • Conducted a comprehensive analysis of Covid-19's impact on the business, providing actionable insights to the strategy team, which contributed to a significant increase in company market value.
  • Partnered with Product Managers to optimize the company’s e-reader app features, using Amplitude dashboards and models using detailed clickstream data to guide enhancements.
  • Performed ROI analyses on multiple products (TBS, Q&A), leading to a strategic shift away from TBS investments and changes to the "In-House" answering team operations in India.
  • Tools: Python, R, DataBricks, Amplitude, SQL, Tableau, Domo, Confluence, Strategic Thinking
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 | Santa Clara, CA
Senior Business Analyst
  • Utilized machine learning algorithms to create demand forecasting models for textbook editions, leveraging R and Python on the DataBricks platform.
  • Led dynamic pricing implementation for a catalog of over 10M SKUs using time series analysis in R, resulting in significant revenue growth.
  • Conducted seasonal adoption analyses to identify potential catalog expansion opportunities for the consignment program, partnering with major American college textbook publishers to drive growth.
  • Tools: Python, R, DataBricks, SQL, Tableau, Domo
Oct 2018 - Mar 2020 | Santa Clara, CA
Business Analyst
  • Implemented and automated custom data pipelines (ETL) to executive dashboards in Tableau/Domo for the textbook business unit, streamlining reporting and insights delivery.
  • Developed and automated detailed marketing funnels for each ISBN using Adobe Analytics and Redshift on the DataBricks platform, enabling near real-time insights into user behavior to optimize pricing decisions.
  • Tools: Python, R, DataBricks, SQL, Tableau, Domo
Apr 2017 - Sep 2018 | Santa Clara, CA

Projects

Whack A Mole
Whack A Mole Web Game

A Whack a mole game with JavaScript

Accomplishments
  • Tools: JavaScript, HTML, CSS
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Quiz Web-App

A quiz playing web app based on Django

Accomplishments
  • Tools: Django, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, SQLite, Heroku
  • Register/login to the web app(with OAuth-based Google Sign-In).
  • Play Quiz and see the leaderboard
Screenshot of web app
Blog Web-App

A simple and extensible blog web-app based on Flask.

Accomplishments
  • Tools: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Postgresql, Python
  • Users can view posts and contact the admin via Contact Page.
  • Admin can Add, Delete, Update posts.
Screenshot of  web app
Visual Question Answering

An attention-based classification model that aims at generating an answer for a given input image.

Accomplishments
  • Incorporated Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) for extracting image features and Long Short Term Memory for extracting question embeddings.
  • Tested the model on the COCO dataset, abstract scenes images, and got 69% overall accuracy on the VQA evaluation metric.
Screenshot of  web app
Image Generator

An image generator based on the concept of adversarial networks (GANs)

Accomplishments
  • Developed system was tested on a human-face database and loss was calculated by comparing the PCAs of generated and original image.
  • Calculated difference in PCA was less than 10%, depicting the successful generation of an image by the generator.

Skills

Languages and Databases

Python
R
MySQL
PostgreSQL

Libraries

NumPy
Pandas
scikit-learn
matplotlib

Frameworks

Flask
TensorFlow
PyTorch

Other

Git
AWS

Education

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA, USA

Degree: Master of Science in Industrial and System Engineering

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Database Systems
    • Data Mining
    • Information Engineering
    • Logistics for Supply Chain
    • Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments
    • Advanced Service Systems Engineering and Management

Graduate School of Management and Economics, Shairf University of Technology

Tehran

Degree: MBA - General

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Operations Management
    • Marketing Strategy
    • Information Systems Management
    • Foundations in Finance
    • E-commerce
    • Decision Modeling
    • Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
    • Project Management

Certificates

Certificates

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