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Richard Davis

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Senior Data Scientist at Uber who led a production LLM driver-support assistant from retrieval design through launch.

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At Uber, I led the development of a production LLM-powered driver-support assistant, from problem framing and evaluation through launch. I designed its hybrid retrieval stack, fine-tuned and aligned the model, and built release checks for groundedness, PII redaction, and out-of-policy responses.

I also built a PySpark marketplace simulator to evaluate pricing policies and applied reinforcement learning to balance rider demand with driver supply, validating launches through switchback experiments. At The Home Depot and Nike, I developed demand forecasts, pricing and recommendation models, and experimentation methods that informed retail decisions.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Uber logoUB
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Senior Data Scientist

May 2021 - Present (5 years 5 months)

Led development of a production LLM-powered driver-support assistant end-to-end, including retrieval, fine-tuning, evaluation, and guardrails. Also built marketplace simulator and designed experimentation methodology for marketplace changes.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Southern California logoUC

University of Southern California

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2007 - 2011

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, completed from 2007 to 2011.

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