Jessica Lachs's guest appearances

Jessica Lachs

The Women in Tech Show: A Technical Podcast

The Data Chief

Lara Hogan

Rachel Nabors

Kate Darling

Taryn Southern

Kelley Rivoire

Rachel Thomas

Kara Swisher

Safia Abdalla

Angie Jones

Emily Freeman

Rachel Andrew

Sarah Hall

Saron Yitbarek

Chen Goldberg

Maya Kaczorowski

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Who’s hungry? Thanks to delivery apps like DoorDash, it’s never been easier for modern consumers to satisfy almost any craving in just a few taps. At the helm of DoorDash’s data organization is VP of Analytics &amp; Data Science, Jessica Lachs. With metrics guiding every decision at the company, a key part of her decision-making comes down to properly quantifying the value of each possible tradeoff. Learn more about her decision-making framework, plus how her career in finance evolved into entrepreneurship and ultimately led her to create the data and analytics organization at DoorDash.  Tune in to learn:Using data to move levers that balance tradeoffs (09:28)Managing an unpredictable and complicated supply chain (12:26)The confluence of personalization and consumer privacy (15:08)Strategy for data architecting by the DoorDash team (21:00Cultivating a creative team that also communicates effectively (26:59)Unlikely career journey: Lehman Brothers to entrepreneurship (33:00)Cultivating a positive response to failure (35:51)Lightning Round (40:15)Mentions:DoorDash Restaurant Online Ordering TrendsBuilding a Source for Truth for a Digital Inventory with Disparate Data SourcesHow To Drive Effective Data Science Communications The Rose Code: A Novel by Kate QuinnThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne JeffersGet even more insights from data and analytics leaders like Jessica on The Data Chief.  Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org.

Who’s hungry? Thanks to delivery apps like DoorDash, it’s never been easier for modern consumers to satisfy almost any craving in just a few taps. At the helm of <a href="https://www.doordash.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DoorDash</a>’s data organization is VP of Analytics &amp; Data Science, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-lachs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Lachs</a>. With metrics guiding every decision at the company, a key part of her decision-making comes down to properly quantifying the value of each possible tradeoff. Learn more about her decision-making framework, plus how her career in finance evolved into entrepreneurship and ultimately led her to create the data and analytics organization at DoorDash.  Tune in to learn:<ul><li>Using data to move levers that balance tradeoffs (09:28)</li><li>Managing an unpredictable and complicated supply chain (12:26)</li><li>The confluence of personalization and consumer privacy (15:08)</li><li>Strategy for data architecting by the DoorDash team (21:00</li><li>Cultivating a creative team that also communicates effectively (26:59)</li><li>Unlikely career journey: Lehman Brothers to entrepreneurship (33:00)</li><li>Cultivating a positive response to failure (35:51)</li><li>Lightning Round (40:15)</li></ul>Mentions:<ul><li><a href="https://get.doordash.com/en-us/resources/restaurant-online-ordering-trends" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DoorDash Restaurant Online Ordering Trends</a></li><li><a href="https://doordash.engineering/2022/06/21/building-a-source-of-truth-for-a-digital-inventory-with-disparate-data-sources/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building a Source for Truth for a Digital Inventory with Disparate Data Sources</a></li><li><a href="https://doordash.engineering/2021/02/11/how-to-drive-effective-data-science-communication/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How To Drive Effective Data Science Communications </a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/The-Rose-Code-A-Novel/dp/B089WHV9Y7/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAjwlqOXBhBqEiwA-hhitEffGwPDMZNyR4yDTDWFIR-3Q7n9auPSLsucbxWEIxsyzjWsbRPGVBoC8IcQAvD_BwE&amp;hvadid=550101147517&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031895&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=10145475458575600361&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1086050173917&amp;hydadcr=6806_9612040&amp;keywords=the+rose+code+by+kate+quinn&amp;qid=1659456327&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rose Code: A Novel by Kate Quinn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Love-Songs-W-B-Bois/dp/006294293X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers</a></li></ul>Get even more insights from data and analytics leaders like Jessica on <a href="https://www.thoughtspot.com/data-chief" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Data Chief</a>.  <a href="http://Mission.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mission.org</a> is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at <a href="http://mission.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mission.org</a>.

DoorDash’s VP of Analytics & Data Science, Jessica Lachs on Leveraging Data to Delight Customers Despite a Challenging Supply Chain

When you work at a startup, it can expose you to work on different areas in a short amount of time. Jessica Lachs, Head of Analytics at DoorDash leverages data science to improve the business. We talked about what data science is, and examples of how it is used at DoorDash. Jessica also explained what it involved to launch the business in other cities.

Data Science at DoorDash (Jessica Lachs)