
Move quickly and optimize later and new data science features that impact business revenue with Ella Alkalay Schreiber, VP of FinTech at Hopper
About this episode
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.
As VP of Data Science at Hopper, I was responsible for leading the company’s 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’s AI and machine learning efforts which drive over 20% of the company’s sales.
What you’ll learn:
Customer-driven and LTV
New data science features that impact business revenue
Move quickly and optimize later
If you have any questions for Ella, please feel free to reach out to her via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-alkalay-schreiber-94a986a8/
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