Zion Badash
About Zion Badash
Zion Badash is a Senior Data Scientist at Hopper Cloud, with over 10 years of experience in data science and leadership roles, and a background in computer science and physics.
Current Role at Hopper
Zion Badash currently works as a Senior Data Scientist in the Fintech division at Hopper Cloud. His work focuses on leveraging data science to address business needs and develop machine learning models that scale to deliver continuous business value.
Previous Experience at Wix.com
Zion Badash served as a Senior Data Scientist at Wix.com from 2019 to 2020. During his time at Wix.com, he applied his expertise in data science to improve the company's product offerings and address complex business challenges using machine learning techniques.
Experience with Intelligence Analytics
Zion Badash has extensive experience with Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200. He held several positions from 2008 to 2014, including Intelligence Analyst, Data Team Leader, and Data Group Lead. His work in these roles involved analyzing and interpreting complex data to inform military operations.
Educational Background in Computer Science and Physics
Zion Badash holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology. He also earned two Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Physics from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His strong educational background provides a solid foundation for his data science expertise.
Technical Skills and Proficiencies
Zion Badash's tech stack includes Python libraries such as pandas, sklearn, keras, tensorflow, pyspark, numpy, scipy, plotly, matplotlib, and seaborn. He is experienced in machine learning techniques like Random Forest, RNN, Boosting, XGBoost, and Time Series models. Zion is proficient with big data pipeline tools such as Airflow, Spark, and Hadoop, and has expertise in cloud computing environments like AWS and Google Cloud Platform. He also uses Tableau, SQL, Git, and CI/CD in his work.
Writing Contributions on Medium
Zion Badash writes about data science topics on Medium. His contributions include insights and analyses related to his field, providing valuable information and perspectives on various data science methodologies and applications.