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Move quickly and optimize later and new data science features that impact business revenue with Ella Alkalay Schreiber, VP of FinTech at Hopper

Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 6:35 p.m.

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Meet: Ella Alkalay Schreiber, Head of Pricing and Recommendations she leads a cross-functional team of product managers, data scientists, designers, and engineers in the creation of data-driven fintech products that make travel planning easier, most notably our Price Freeze product. These services leverage our immense first and third-party data to create products and values that do not exist elsewhere. In less than 12 months, Hopper has grown its attach rate of Fintech products on travel bookings from 0% to +50% and today 75% of the company\'s revenue is derived from them.

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As VP of Data Science at Hopper, I was responsible for leading the company\\u2019s data science team and building a data-driven culture within the organization. During my time at Hopper, I have tripled the data science team and spearheaded the company\\u2019s AI and machine learning efforts which drive over 20% of the company\\u2019s sales.

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What you\\u2019ll learn:

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Customer-driven and LTV

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New data science features that impact business revenue

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Move quickly and optimize later

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If you have any questions for Ella, please feel free to reach out to her via LinkedIn:

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-alkalay-schreiber-94a986a8/

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