Ning Ma

Founder, CEO

2023 - Current

-1 -> 1 in progress (AI for healthcare & insurtech)

Angel Investor

2021

Investing in a better tomorrow. Neurophos: photonic chips leveraging metamaterials Cerebras: world's largest and fastest computer chip General Fusion: commercialize nuclear fusion Gecko Robotics: AI + robotics for maintaining critical infra Shield AI: build the world’s best AI pilot SpaceX: make humanity multi-planetary Terraformation: scalable biodiverse forest restoration Remote: payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance for globally distributed teams Ansel Health: supplemental insurance for 13,000+ covered conditions Clau: Real estate superapp for LATAM Unit21: No-code risk & compliance platform ...

Angel Squad

2024

Angel Investor

2023

Mentor

2022

Advisory Committee

2024

Humanitas Labs — Building responsible AI for the 211 ecosystem, the primary social care gateway for 20 million Americans

Commissioner

2024

Artist

2013

Internationally-awarded landscape photographer with footsteps on 30+ countries across 5 continents. Summiter of the tallest peaks in Africa - Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft / 5,895 m), Europe - Elbrus (18,510 ft / 5,642 m), and South America - Aconcagua (22,841 ft / 6,962 m). Followed by ~300,000 fans from around the world. Previous exhibits @ Louvre Museum in Paris, Museum of Flight in Seattle, and Atlanta International Airport. Represented by the TINT Gallery in San Francisco.

Head of Data Science

2019 - 2021

Background check unicorn powering the gig economy, backed by $679M from YC, Accel, Coatue, Durable Capital, Bond, Khosla Ventures, IVP, T. Rowe Price, and Fidelity. YC top #14 private company by valuation. Founded the Data Science program at Checkr. Led analytics -> AI. 0→1: - Checkr Analytics: flagship analytics platform which automated 90% of Analytics team’s workload - Checkr Pre: predictive background check which clears candidates in seconds vs. weeks - Checkr Fairness Framework: systemically quantify and mitigate potential bias in Checkr products - Checkr Data University: democratize data knowledge, tools, and skillset across the company 1->2: - Checkr Assess: risk-adjusted positive adjudication recommender - Checkr Positive Adjudication Matrix (PAM): in collab with Harvard and MIT researchers, quantify impact of positive adjudication practices on the US labor market 2020: Checkr Women's History Month, Honoree 2020: Checkr Hack Week, 2nd Place

Head of Data Science

2014 - 2019

Rocket Fuel built AI models analogous to long-only high-frequency trading models, but for programmatic advertising, a market 1000x the number of daily trades executed across NASDAQ and NYSE combined, 125x of Facebook’s daily queries, and 25x of Google’s daily queries. The AI trained over 90 petabytes of data, placed 250 billions of bids per day, and executed with <100 millisecond latency. - Built and deployed production models and tools, leveraging Python, R, Spark, Hive, Hadoop, HDFS, MySQL - Data Analyst -> Lead Data Analyst -> Senior Modeler -> Lead Modeler -> Head of Data Science 2017: CEO's "What a Moment" (Impact) Award 4/1000+ employees 2016: Operating at the Edge (Innovation) Award 1/1000+ employees 2016: Spot (Revenue) Award 150/1000+ employees