Max Shron

To approach a business as if it were solely data is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute math for life. The results of such profound confusion are neither life nor math. They are taxidermy. (pace Jane Jacobs)

Max Shron

Max Shron is the Director of Data at Warby Parker, a renowned eyewear company known for its affordable glasses and socially conscious business model. Shron has made significant contributions to the field of data science throughout his career.

Career Highlights

Director of Data at Warby Parker (2019-2022), where he oversaw the Data Science, Data Engineering, and Data Infrastructure teams. He helped take the company public.1
Head of Data Science at Warby Parker (2016-2019), where he built the in-house data science team.1
Founder and Data Scientist at Polynumeral (2012-present), a consultancy that helps organizations deliver exceptional results with data, statistics, and machine learning.1
Data Scientist at OkCupid.com (2010-2012), where he was possibly the first person in New York with the title "Data Scientist".1

Education

AB in Mathematics from the University of Chicago.1

Other Roles

Senior Researcher at Win Climate, helping climate activists speed up the transition to clean energy in New York.1
Fellow at Recurse Center, a programming retreat where he wrote an interpreter in C++ for a Bayesian probabilistic programming language.1
Data Science Advisor and briefly Interim CTO at Betterpath, a company that helps patients contribute data for health research.1

Shron is a skilled Bricoleur who uses his diverse set of skills to solve complex problems by utilizing a broad range of available resources. He is a renowned author and speaker, known for his talk on "Stakeholder-Driven Data Science" at Warby Parker.2 3