Hannah Zhao is a mining engineer who has turned into a data scientist with 8 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. She works at the intersection of analytics, operations, and strategy. Her work focuses on applying machine learning, optimization, and decision-support systems to complex, real-world industrial problems, including asset management, operations planning, and sustainability-driven innovations. She has led and advised cross-functional teams on building end-to-end data products – from data ingestion and modeling to deployment and executive decision-making, bridging the gap between technical depth and business impact.

Hannah brings a pragmatic perspective to data science, emphasizing scalability, interpretability, and alignment with organizational incentives. She enjoys working with operators and management to turn data into actionable insights.