Choose Between IC and Manager Paths in Data with AI

Shane Butler is a Co-Founder of the AI Analyst Lab. Previously he led evaluation strategy for AI product development in the legal tech domain. He has more than ten years of experience in product data science and causal inference, with prior roles at Stripe, Nextdoor, and PwC. Shane is also the co-host of the AI podcast Data Neighbor, where he interviews product, data, and engineering leaders who are pioneering the next generation of data science and analytics in an AI-driven landscape.

Sravya Madipalli is a Senior Manager of Data Science with 14+ years of experience helping teams make better decisions with data. She has built and led data science and product analytics teams at Microsoft, eBay, Nextdoor, and Superhuman (prev. Grammarly), working closely with product, engineering, marketing, and leadership. Her expertise spans experimentation, metrics design, modeling, analytics, and translating complex user behavior into clear, actionable insights.

Hai Guan is a co-founder of AI Analyst Lab. Previously, Hai led data science and analytics teams at LinkedIn, Pinterest, Nextdoor, and Meta. Hai is also the co-host of the Data Neighbor podcast, interviewing the product, data, and engineering leaders shaping how analytics works with AI. Hai teaches teams how to roll out AI analytics their whole company can trust, starting with the decisions that come before any tool.