I had an exceptional experience with Elaine as my mentor. She was incredibly patient with all my questions and concerns about my career path, offering invaluable insights and suggestions.
Katrina Hramovich
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We had a 30-minute phone conversation. Elaine listened carefully to my experience, clarified some points, asked questions, and gave very detailed recommendations. I definitely recommend contacting her if you need an independent expert opinion in your ML/DS career.
Svetlana Kuksova
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Thank you Elaine for your time. Our discussion was very insightful and provided me the roadmap for my career. Would love to schedule more sessions in the future.
Pranshu Srivastava
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Elaine is super helpful in providing me valuable suggestions on how to tailor my resume for my ideal data science positions. I highly recommend her to those who need resume review.
Kayla Tingyi Fei
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I personally gained a lot from my first mock interview with Elaine and believe her insights will significantly help me improve in a short turnaround time. Elaine came fully prepared with a well-structured agenda and thoughtful questions, after carefully reviewing my background and the job description I am interviewing for. Her feedback was invaluable, providing me with a hiring manager’s perspective that highlighted areas for improvement. The guidance she provided was both constructive and actionable, and I feel much more confident about my upcoming interviews.
Anonymous
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I had a great conversation with Elain. She is very experienced in the data science field and was able to address all my concerns around career planning. Her data expertise, especially in big tech, is invaluable
My conversation with Elaine was insightful and provided valuable career guidance.
Anonymous
10th Feb, 2025
About me
🙋♀️About Myself
Hi, I'm Elaine and I have 12 years of working experience as DS and Senior Tech Lead Manager.
Upon completing my undergraduate in Electrical Engineering, I directly transitioned into the Ph.D. program and earned my doctoral degree in just 3.5 years.
My first intern and full-time position in Apple was battery algorithm engineer, where I developed the fast-charging algorithm and successfully shipped it in iPhone X. Later I transitioned a new team and working as a Data Scientist since then.
I have gone through the career transition from hardware to software; I was navigating a way from junior to senior and then to a manager.
But it's not all about work. I'm also a mom of a young kid, a part-time youtuber, a fitness enthusiast that exercise everyday, and a career coach, passionate about mentoring and helping others navigate their careers.
Topics I could mostly help you with:
> Career transition, career design
> How to get promotion
> IC v.s. Manager
> manage a team and managing up
> How to find Mentor v.s. Sponsor
> Work & life balance
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I recently moved my mentorship program from ADPList https://adplist.org/mentors/notfatty-elaine to Topmate. You can look at my reviews and past mentorship experience on ADPList.