Shiyi Pickrell | Source | SVP, Data & AI at Expedia Group

Shiyi Pickrell, senior vice president of Data and Artificial Intelligence at Expedia Group, oversees the company’s machine learning, data and AI products and platforms. In this role, she is responsible for unifying, developing and modernizing the company’s machine learning platforms, increasing testing velocity, and transforming Expedia Group’s data into a premium product that improves the experiences of travelers, B2B partners and developers.

Before joining Expedia Group in 2021, Shiyi served as Chief Data Scientist for SWARM Engineering where she oversaw the development of algorithms that reduced logistics, costs, and CO2 emissions for the agriculture industry. Prior to that, Shiyi led the machine learning, data science and analytics team at Microsoft, and managed the production of internal analytics toolset at Amazon.

Shiyi holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Washington.