Douglas Mason

Douglas Mason is a highly accomplished professional in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. He served as the CEO & Director of Machine Learning at Koyote Science, LLC from April 2020 to December 2022.1 Currently, he holds the position of Director of AI at ExperienceFlow.AI, which he started in December 2022.14

Professional Background

Education and Early Career: Douglas Mason received his PhD in Theoretical Physics from Harvard University.2 His academic background laid the foundation for his future work in advanced computational methods and machine learning.

Industry Experience: Before founding Koyote Science, Mason had significant experience in the tech industry:

• Amazon: He worked as a Senior Applied Scientist (Machine Learning) from July 2017 to April 2020.1 At Amazon, he made notable contributions to the Alexa platform, particularly in music-related features and natural language understanding.

• Twitter: Prior to Amazon, Mason was a Data Scientist at Twitter from November 2012 to January 2014.1 He made significant improvements in measuring product performance and understanding user engagement.

Koyote Science, LLC

As the CEO & Director of Machine Learning at Koyote Science, LLC, Mason led the company in developing innovative AI solutions:

• The company focused on creating real-time AutoML solutions that could save other businesses significant time and resources in AI development.1
• Under his leadership, Koyote Science developed APIs running on AWS that allowed developers to build sophisticated AI products more easily.1
• They created Smart Slideshow™, a Shopify integration that optimizes conversion rates for online stores.1
• The company also launched Fret Ferret™, a guitar training software using reinforcement learning.1

Expertise and Contributions

Douglas Mason is known for his expertise in:

• Machine learning and deep learning applications
• Natural language understanding (NLU)
• Automated music tagging and recommendation systems
• Policy models for conversational AI
• Implementation of transformer models like BERT

His work has had significant impacts in various domains, from e-commerce optimization to music technology and conversational AI.13