Hilary Mason (entrepreneur)

Hilary Mason
Hilary Mason, 2015
Born
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGrinnell College
Brown University
AwardsFortune 40 Under 40
Websitehilarymason.com

Hilary Mason is an American entrepreneur and data scientist. She is the co-founder of the startup Fast Forward Labs.[1][2]

Early life and education

Mason was born in New York City, and graduated from Grinnell College with a B.A. in computer science in 2000, and attended Brown University.[3][4][5][6]

Career

In 2010, she co-founded hackNY, a non-profit that helps integrate engineering students into the startup community in New York City.[3] After a few years working as Chief Scientist at bitly,[7] she quit the company in 2014 and co-founded Fast Forward Labs with Micha Gorelick, another former bitly data scientist.[8][9] She continues working as a data scientist at Accel.[10][11] On September 7, 2017, Cloudera announced that it had acquired Fast Forward Labs, and that Mason would become Cloudera's Vice President of Research.[12]

She has been interviewed by TechRepublic,[9] Forbes,[7] Wall Street Journal, ProgrammableWeb[13] and others.[14][15][16] She has further featured in both Glamour (magazine)[17] and Scientific American[18][19]

She has also been a member of Mayor Bloomberg's Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.[20] In addition, Mason is a prominent member of NYCResistor, a hacker collective located in Brooklyn.[21]

Fast Forward Labs

Fast Forward Labs specializes in machine learning intelligence research.[22] Mason is the CEO of the Fast Forward Labs until the acquisition, on September 7, 2017 by Cloudera, a US open-source software company that offers support, training and software to business clients.[23] Cloudera extended this offer due to FFL's experience and expertise in applying machine learning to practical business problems and their commitment to continual academic and industrial research surveys on new techniques.[12] Mason explained that the merger of FFL with Cloudera would enable further and accelerated research opportunities on a larger platform.[24]

Awards

Mason received the TechFellows Engineering Leadership award in 2012 worth $100,000.[25] She was also on the Fortune 40 under 40 Ones to Watch list in 2011,[26] as well as Crain's New York 40 under Forty list.[3]

She was named within the Top 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company.[27]

References

  1. ^ Novet, Jordan (21 July 2014). "Ex-Bitly chief scientist Hilary Mason launches Fast Forward Labs as an all-in-one emerging tech consultant". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ Vanian, Jonathan (21 July 2014). "Former Bit.ly data scientist Hilary Mason starts own research consulting lab". GigaOm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (12 October 2012). "Hilary Mason - 2012 - 40 Under Forty - Crain's New York Business". Crain's New York blog. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Accel". accel.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Hilary Mason '00 featured in "Why a Liberal Education Creates Great Entrepreneurs"". Grinnell College. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Scholars' Convocation: Hilary Mason '00". Grinnell College. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b Woods, Dan. "bitly's Hilary Mason on "What is a Data Scientist?"". Forbes. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Ex-Bitly chief scientist Hilary Mason launches Fast Forward Labs as an all-in-one emerging tech consultant". VentureBeat. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  9. ^ a b Carson, Erin (15 January 2016). "Hilary Mason: Fast Forward Labs CEO. One-time aspiring taxi driver. Your nerd best friend". TechRepublic. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Accel: Hilary Mason". Accel. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Hilary Mason About". Hilary Mason. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b Olson, Mike (7 September 2017). "Fast Forward!". Cloudera VISION Blog. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  13. ^ Ohri, Ajay (28 January 2013). "Interview Hilary Mason Chief Scientist bitly". ProgrammableWeb. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  14. ^ Cadei, Emily (20 August 2014). "Hilary Mason Turns Big Data Into Plain English | Rising Stars | OZY". OZY. ozy. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  15. ^ Drell, Lauren (14 May 2013). "Data Science and Why Dogs Rule the Internet". Mashable. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  16. ^ Reddy, Elaine Ellis (23 July 2012). "Data Stories: Interview with Hilary Mason of Bit.ly". Gnip Blog. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. ^ Swisher, Kara (6 October 2011). "Women in Tech: We Really Do Need More!". Glamour. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  18. ^ Fischetti, Mark (16 November 2011). "Physics or Fashion? What Science Lovers Link to Most". Scientific American. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  19. ^ Easter, Michael (1 April 2011). "Getting to Know You: Bit.ly Chief Scientist Finds Rich Data in Shortened Links". Scientific American. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  20. ^ Ruth, João-Pierre. "Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Advisory Council on Technology at NY Tech Meetup". Xconomy. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  21. ^ "NYCResistor About". NYCResistor. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Fast Forward Labs: What we do". Fast Forward Labs. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Cloudera: About". Cloudera. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  24. ^ Mason, Hilary (7 September 2017). "Fast Forward Blog: To the Future..." Fast Forward Labs. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  25. ^ Constine, Josh (22 February 2012). "The Winners Of This Year's $100,000 TechFellow Awards Are…". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  26. ^ "40 Under 40: Ones to watch - Hilary Mason (13)". Fortune. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  27. ^ Chu, Jeff (13 May 2013). "99-100. Hilary Mason, Leslie Bradshaw". Fast Company. Retrieved 1 January 2016.