Faculty: Jane Sherman
Jane Sherman, MA
Title(s):
Adjunct Professor
School(s):
Business
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Jane Sherman is an Adjunct Professor of Management in the School of Business at Golden
Gate University. Jane has been developing statistical models since 2010 when she joined
FICO’s Research team, where she built models that optimized credit lending decisions.
Shortly after, she worked as an Analytics Manager at Tree.com where she was the architect
for the data infrastructure and pioneered the program for data-based modeling. Currently,
she is the Chief Marketing Officer of hashmarx, a startup that provides fantasy football
analytics.
Jane holds a M.A. in mathematics from UCLA and her goal as a professor for Golden
Gate is to help students understand data science concepts that they can apply in the
workplace.
COURSES TAUGHT
RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Data Science
- Automated Modeling
- Machine Learning
- Data Infrastructure
EDUCATION
- MA (Mathematics), University of California at Los Angeles
- BA (Mathematics and Economics), University of California at Berkeley
PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2015 - Present: Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University
- 2014 - Present: Chief Marketing Officer, harshmarx
- 2013 - 2014: Analytics Manager, Tree.com
- 2010 - 2012: Data Scientist, FICO
HONORS & AWARDS
- Robert Sorgenfrey Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA, 2008
- Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, 2016, Golden Gate University