Andrew Kope

ANDREW KOPE

In 2013, I graduated with an Honors Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Computer Science. After graduating, I spent 2 years working as a data scientist at Big Blue Bubble, an indie mobile game studio, where I ultimately led a team of 7 analysts as manager of Business Intelligence.

In 2016 I joined Bridgit as their Lead Data Scientist, but quickly returned to mobile gaming in 2017 on the Marketing Analytics team at Machine Zone in Palo Alto. In 2018 I moved to the supply side, joining Facebook as a Marketing Scientist specializing in measuring the advertiser value accrued by new video ad products.

Outside of work I spend my time hiking in the California countryside, watching obscure movies on Netflix, and working on sewing projects - often accompanied by a glass of single malt Scotch.

EXPERIENCE

Marketing Scientist - Facebook

2018 - Present

Senior Analyst - Machine Zone

2017 - 2018

Lead Data Scientist - Bridgit Inc.

2016 - 2017

Head of Data Analytics - Big Blue Bubble

2014 - 2016

Data Scientist - Big Blue Bubble

2014

Sessional Lecturer - Western University

2013 - 2014

EDUCATION

M.Sc. in Computer Science

2012 - 2013

Western University
Supervised by Dr. Mark Daley
Thesis: Performance Comparison of 3D Sinc Interpolation for fMRI Motion Correction by Language of Implementation and Hardware Platform

Module in Computer Science

2011 - 2012

Western University
Supervised by Dr. Michael Katchabaw
Project: Modeling Autobiographical Memory for Artificial Intelligence Robots

Hon. Spec. B.A. in Psychology

2007 - 2011

Western University
Minor in Ethics
Supervised by Dr. Patrick Brown
Thesis: Shared Spatial Skills in Time Perception and Number Processing

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

2018	GDC SF Watching the Watchers: Insights from Tracking Website Visitors Session Speaker
2017	Proteus Innovation Competition Apex Data Solutions 1st Prize Winner of $7500
2016	University of Waterloo Games Institute Sounds cool, but will it make money? Success Factors in Free-to-Play Games Guest Speaker
2016	Waterloo Fusion Conference Mobile App Analytics Session Presentation
2016	Big Data & Analytics Summit Canada Fostering Cross-departmental Collaboration in Your Big Data Project Panelist
2015	Western Industry Problem Solving Workshop Big Blue Bubble Inc. Data Analytics Problem Industry Partner
2014	Western Industry Problem Solving Week "Real-World Problems Get Students Thinking" Executive Committee Chair
2013	Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Modeling Autobiographical Memory for Believable Agents
2013	Canadian Association for Neuroscience CRBMseg: Brain MRI Tissue Segmentation with a Continuous Restricted Boltzmann Machine
2013	UWO Research in Computer Science Conference Brain MRI Tissue Segmentation with a Continuous Restricted Boltzmann Machine Conference Planning Team Member and Volunteer Session Chair
2013	Western Research Forum Brain MRI Tissue Segmentation with a Continuous Restricted Boltzmann Machine Winner of the Engineering and Computer Science Presentation Session
2013	IBM-UWO Data Analysis and Problem Solving Competition 2013 Measuring Urbanity: The Urban Development Index
2012	CREATE Retreat Effect of Cognitive Control on fMRI Derived Graphs
2012	BIOMAG Temporal Topological Transformation in Dynamic MEG-Derived Graph Sequences
2011	UWO Honors Thesis Conference Shared Spatial Skills in Time Perception and Number Processing