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Kelly Uphoff

Enthusiast · DISC type i
Advisor at Numerade
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Kelly Uphoff is the Chief Technology Officer at Tala, where she leads a global engineering and data science organization. Her expertise, honed during a decade at Netflix, lies in generating business value from AI, machine learning, and big data analytics. Kelly holds a Masters degree from Illinois State University.

Kelly has a stated passion for creating healthy organizations with strong cultures and mentoring the next generation of women leaders. She is an active speaker at global technology events, including summits in New York and Guatemala, discussing financial inclusion and AI.

Before entering the corporate world, she served in the Peace Corps, helping women entrepreneurs start and manage small businesses in the former Soviet Union.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Advisor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Kelly shows up

Story Driven
Amiable & Agreeable
Non-Confrontational

They are generally friendly, so be careful when relying on their word. They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals. Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials.

Priorities

Topics Kelly cares about

AI in FinTech
Leads Tala's strategy to use AI, machine learning, and proprietary data to provide financial services and credit scoring to underserved populations globally.
Financial Inclusion
Focuses on building products for the "global majority" who lack access to traditional financial systems, recently celebrating Tala's 10 millionth customer.
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Career

Work history

11-2021
Advisor
Numerade
9-2021
Chief Technology Officer
Tala
10-2017 - 2-2021
Vice President, Data Science & Engineering
Netflix
2-2014 - 9-2017
Director, Data Science
Netflix
2-2013 - 1-2014
Manager, Data Science
Netflix
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2008
M.S.
Illinois State University
2001 - 2005
B.A.
The George Washington University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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