Quick Facts
Biography
Hilary Mason is an American data scientist and the founder of technology startup Fast Forward Labs as well as Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners. She was the Chief Scientist at bitly.
Early life and education
Mason was born in New York City, and graduated from Grinnell College with a B.A. in computer science in 2000, and attended Brown University.
Career
Mason was the chief data scientist at bitly for four years. In 2010, she co-founded HackNY, a non-profit that helps talented engineering students.
She has been interviewed by TechRepublic,Forbes, Wall Street Journal, ProgrammableWeb and others.
Awards
Mason received the TechFellows Engineering Leadership award in 2012 worth $100,000. She was also on the Fortune 40 under 40 Ones to Watch list in 2011.
She was named to the Top 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company.