Yuan Hou

Yuan Hou

Yuan Hou is an accomplished data analytics professional with extensive experience in the fields of finance, business strategy, and workforce analytics. He currently serves as a Senior Manager of People Analytics at HubSpot, a role he assumed in 2022.3

Prior to his current position, Hou held several notable roles:

• Director - EBI Workforce Analytics at Comcast from 2018 to 20212
  • Generated a 20% improvement in predicting underperforming sales agents using a predictive sales performance model
  • Created over $50 million in annual savings by developing metrics to measure worker productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Led the departmental Diversity and Inclusion efforts, delivering the highest inclusion index score in the division
  • Improved action planning on engagement by 20% using NLP models to analyze survey comments
• Senior Director - People Analytics at ChenMed in 20211
• Research Scientist and Data Scientist at Vanguard from 2016 to 20181
• Analytics Consultant at Great Point Capital LLC in 2005-20061

Hou holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with a focus on Organization and Markets and Statistics.1 He also has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Chicago.1

His research focuses on diversity, team performance, market inefficiency, behavioral biases, and social networks.1 Hou is currently an Expert Affiliate at COGKNITION Analytics, a position he has held since 2021.12