Artificial intelligence
10 OpenAI data scientists
These ten current OpenAI data scientists hold Data Scientist, Staff Data Scientist or Member of Data Science Staff roles at the company. A reader can learn what data science work at OpenAI involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Carl S.
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since June 2024, with the headline Econ Research @ OpenAI and a role description that begins Econ Research. At LinkedIn they were a Staff Data Scientist (2022–2024) and Senior Data Scientist (2019–2022); the profile also lists High School AP CS Teacher at Santa Clara High School (2020–2021) and Computer Science Teacher at The Nueva School (2016–2019).
Christopher N. Beaumont
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist · OpenAI
Data Scientist at OpenAI since March 2024, in the Research department. The profile describes a passion for pragmatic, evidence-driven thinking and simple solutions to hard problems. Before OpenAI they were a Staff Data Scientist at Google (2021–2024), and at Netflix a Senior Data Scientist (Experimentation Platform) from 2019 to 2021 and Senior Data Scientist (Messaging) from 2017 to 2019.
Keith J. Henwood
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since July 2025, in the Research department, with the headline Data Science at OpenAI. Before joining they were a Staff Data Scientist at Faire (2022–2025), Data Scientist Staff (2021–2022) and Data Scientist Senior (2021) at Stitch Fix, and a Senior Research Scientist at Lyft (2019–2021).
Melanie Appleby
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since May 2025. The profile describes a data science leader who has built teams around insight generation, experimentation, KPI definition and data tools, drawn to 0-to-1 problems. Before OpenAI they worked in Data Analytics & Growth at ElevenLabs and were a Data Science Manager at Instagram.
Mike B.
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist · OpenAI
Data Scientist at OpenAI since January 2024, based in Austin, with the headline Keeping AI + GenAI safe @ OpenAI. At Meta they were in AI Integrity Data Science (2023–2024), a Data Science Manager (2022–2023) and in Data Science (2016–2022), and earlier they worked in Business Analytics and Data Quality at Avant (2013–2016).
Nathan Marwell
LinkedInExperience: Data Scientist · OpenAI
Data Scientist at OpenAI since January 2025. The profile says they are an economist working at the intersection of econometrics and machine learning, with a passion for products built on economic modeling, optimization and prediction. Before OpenAI they were Head of Risk Data Science (2022–2024) and a Data Scientist at Plaid, and a Senior Data Scientist at Uber.
Neel Rakholia
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since April 2025; the role description says they work on GTM and Business Data. Before OpenAI they were a Staff Data Scientist at Glean (2024–2025), and at Asana a Staff Data Scientist (2022–2024), Senior Data Scientist (2020–2022) and Data Scientist (2018–2020).
Peter Zhang
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since September 2025. The profile describes a data science and analytics leader with 10+ years of experience and 5+ years managing teams. Before OpenAI they were on the founding team at Rivermill, a Senior Manager of Data Science and Product Analytics at Apollo.io and Head of Data Science and Product Analytics at Ladder.
Tuan Doan
LinkedInExperience: Staff Data Scientist · OpenAI
Staff Data Scientist at OpenAI since June 2026, with the headline Data @ OpenAI; the role description mentions Codex Enterprise. At Quora they were a Staff Data Scientist (2023–2026), Data Tech Lead (2023–2026), Senior Data Scientist (2022–2023) and Data Scientist (2019–2022).
Xiaolin Hao
LinkedInExperience: Member of Data Science Staff · OpenAI
Member of Data Science Staff at OpenAI since April 2024, in the Research department, with the headline Data Science Lead at OpenAI. At Facebook they were Director Data Science (2023–2024), Senior Data Science Manager (2020–2023), Data Science Manager (2017–2020) and Data Scientist (2015–2017).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area to your question, since product analytics, experimentation, economics research, safety and go-to-market data each use different methods. Look at where they worked before OpenAI, because that shapes how they compare measuring an AI product with measuring other consumer or business software.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you measure the quality and impact of an AI feature?
- 02How does experimentation change when model behavior shifts between releases?
- 03What data science skills transfer best from a consumer tech company to an AI lab?
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