People, every show

Eric Colson

Chief Algorithms Officer Emeritus, Stitch Fix. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

executiveengineerinvestormedium.com/@ericcolson ↗

Eric Colson is best known as the founding Chief Algorithms Officer at Stitch Fix, where he built a team of over 100 data scientists pioneering the integration of machine learning with human expert judgment. Before joining Stitch Fix, he was Vice President of Data Science and Engineering at Netflix.

What they said7 Shows1

Everything Eric Colson said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Assertion Partly supported

Stitch Fix employs 65 PhDs on its data science team

“We have a, one of the largest data science teams in Silicon Valley. You have 65 PhDs working on this.”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 15:10 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

Netflix relies completely on implicit data rather than explicit user feedback

“At Netflix it was like pulling teeth to get the customer to tell you anything about themselves, right? They rely completely on implicit data.”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 18:40 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

No single demographic segment makes up 1% of Stitch Fix's customer base

“We do not have a single segment that we can claim is, ah, representative of our customer. There's not even a one percent segment. Like our largest, we tried cutting them in every way. There's no rhyme or reason. It's everybody.”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 20:16 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Assertion Supported

Stitch Fix has no browse pages, product pages, or search boxes

“Nowhere on the site or on the app are you gonna find a browse page or a product page or a search box.”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 5:01 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Assertion Not checkable as stated

100% of Stitch Fix sales pass through its recommendation engine

“100% of what we sell goes through our recommendation engine.”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 6:53 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Assertion Supported

Stitch Fix employs over 2,500 human stylists

“For humans, we have amassed an army of over 2500 human stylists, right?”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 7:54 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

MAD Disclosure

Stitch Fix tests UI variations to isolate complementary human stylist inputs

“We can reveal it by subtly varying the information we show our humans in this custom UI we built, and we can figure out what pieces of information help them with decisions and which pieces don't, and that way we can ensure that they only make positive contribu…”

Eric Colson Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 12:48 Combining Machine Learning With Expert Human Judgement // Eric Colson, Stitch Fix

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Eric's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Chief Algorithms Officer Emeritus, Stitch Fix	1	7	67% 2/3	full record on the MAD Podcast →