Ziyi is the EVP, Data Science at Merge. He has a diverse background in computer science and engineering, statistics, and machine learning. He has over 27 years of work experience in data science in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, homeland securities, and marketing analytics with a proven track record of growing data science products and services. He co-founded two successful companies including Blue Moon Digital. He held two patents in data science with applications in homeland securities and marketing analytics. With his expertise in web analytics and data science, he has helped many well-known brands including Nike, Intuit, VF Corp, and Kate Spade to grow their e-commerce business. In the last 10 years, he has been promoting STEM education and competition in middle and high schools and serving as a judge in local, state, national, and international science competitions. As a judge in the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, he was nominated the 1st place winner.