Bio
John Maxwell, a data scientist at Nordstrom, did his graduate work in international development economics, focusing on field experiments. He has since led research projects in Indonesia and Ethiopia related to microenterprise, developed large mathematical simulation models used for investment decisions by WSDOT, built dynamic pricing algorithms at Thriftbooks.com, and led the development of Nordstrom’s open source a/b testing service: Elwin. He currently focuses on contextual multi-armed bandit problems and machine learning infrastructure at Nordstrom.
