Data Scientist & Chess Player

VITO HE

untypical ENFJ · life explorer · cat lover

Who I Am

Hello and welcome, folks! I'm Vito He. Born in Chengdu and now based in Shanghai. A little about me — I am a data scientist with a focus on marketing, a chess player, and a former chess coach. I love playing chess, playing basketball, traveling, and getting lost in a good book.

I am currently a Senior Data Scientist at SHEIN. I help companies tackle performance marketing and brand marketing challenges, developing actionable business insights and delivering strategic solutions from a data science view.

Python SQL AI Tools Chess E-commerce Analytics Brand Marketing Leadership
5+
Years of Experience
ByteDance → DiDi → Xiaohongshu → SHEIN
4
Top-Tier Companies
Leading internet & e-commerce platforms in China
Chess Devotee
Former chess coach — strategic thinking on and off the board

Work Experience

SHEIN 2024 – Present
Senior Data Scientist
Global Marketing Department · Marketing Analytics Team

Focus on Integrated Marketing Measurement — quantifying the unified impact of Performance Marketing, Brand Marketing, Influencer Marketing, CRM, SNS, and Offline Activities. Deliver cross-channel attribution models and strategic budget-optimization recommendations to drive efficient marketing spend.

Xiaohongshu (RED) 2024
Data Scientist
Data Science & Analytics Department · Performance Marketing

Marketing Science concentration. Supported building Xiaohongshu's ads platform and products, with a focus on target audience segmentation and conversion funnel analysis to improve ad delivery precision.

DiDi 2021 – 2024
Senior Data Scientist
Attribution & Testing

Built causal attribution models and robust A/B testing frameworks to measure and optimize marketing and product performance at scale. Drove data infrastructure for experimentation across growth, marketing, and platform teams.

ByteDance 2020 – 2021
Data Analyst
Risk Management Department

Data analysis and monitoring in the risk management domain. Identified anomalous patterns, evaluated risk-control model performance, and contributed to data-driven risk decision-making pipelines.

Life Experience

Southern Methodist University 2019 – 2020
M.S. Business Analytics
Cox School of Business · Dallas, TX

Graduate program focused on data science, predictive modeling, and business strategy. Developed core expertise in statistical methods and analytical frameworks that form the foundation of my professional practice.

University of California, Irvine 2014 – 2018
B.S. Biological Sciences
School of Biological Sciences · Irvine, CA

Undergraduate training in scientific methodology, quantitative reasoning, and data-driven research — instilling a rigorous, evidence-first mindset that crosses every domain I work in.

Chess — FIDE Master Age 6 – Present
Competitor & Coach
Rating: 2160 · Fundamental Chess Academy, 2016 – 2019

Started playing at age 6. Achieved FIDE Master title with a rating of 2160. Claimed 1st Place at the 2015 America Open Tournament. Served as a chess coach at Fundamental Chess Academy from 2016 to 2019 — teaching pattern recognition, decision-making under pressure, and long-horizon strategic planning.

Selected Projects

PROJECT_01 // CORRELATION_MODEL

Marketing Factor Correlation Model

Focus Identify key marketing factors impacting shop search volume using statistical and ML models; capture non-linear interactions between variables.
Outcome Delivered actionable budget allocation recommendations grounded in factor significance and interaction effects.
Correlation Analysis Feature Engineering Budget Strategy
PROJECT_02 // BRAND_INDICATOR_SYSTEM

Brand Marketing Indicator System

Context Dispersed marketing channels, inconsistent data sources, and a lack of standardized performance evaluation across brand touchpoints.
Role Built end-to-end data dashboards, identified low-efficiency channels, and delivered optimization strategies with prioritized action plans.
Impact Significantly improved marketing decision velocity and enabled continuous ROI optimization across brand initiatives.
Dashboard Design Brand Analytics ROI Optimization
PROJECT_03 // ECOMMERCE_GROWTH

E-commerce Business Growth Analysis

Context Unstable traffic acquisition, conversion bottlenecks, and unclear diagnostic frameworks limiting sustainable business growth.
Role Applied structured funnel analysis and cohort analysis to isolate root causes; translated findings into concrete, prioritized growth strategies.
Impact Significant uplift in core conversion metrics with measurable downstream business growth.
Funnel Analysis Cohort Analysis Conversion Optimization

Get In Touch

Whether it's a data challenge, a strategic collaboration, or a conversation about marketing science — my inbox is always open.