technical architecture
Reducing Data Pipeline Latency to Enable Real-Time Decision Loops
Redesigned batch pipeline to streaming architecture, reducing data lag from 2-3 days to <2 hours and enabling new decision workflows
Executive Leadership — Data Science
Athan Dial,
PhD
Product and decision-science leader owning platforms that power AI-driven drug discovery. Lead roadmaps, discovery, and adoption for decision products that cut cycle time, reduce uncertainty, and standardize high-stakes portfolio trade-offs. Heavily involved in AI product adoption and building applied AI/agentic workflows to turn model capability into measurable delivery leverage.
02 // Select Work Artifacts
Decision Evidence
product strategy
Preventing Metric Theater in Drug Discovery ML
Designed evaluation framework combining offline validation with online performance tracking to de-risk multimillion-dollar compound selection decisions
product strategy
Build vs Buy: Strategic Analysis for Analog Generation
Quantitative analysis guiding $250k+ partnership decision — ROI modeling revealed internal model needed 50× improvement, recommended hybrid approach balancing near-term progress with long-term IP
product strategy
Learning Agendas: Bringing Research Rigor to Product Decisions
Designed decision framework cutting R&D cycle time 20% by pre-defining success criteria and pivot triggers — applied academic experimental design to product strategy
execution leadership
From Data Crisis to Data Culture: The STAT6 Incident
Led 6-week crisis response resolving data integrity failure — transformed incident into governance framework reducing future incidents from 3 to 0