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Payas Parab

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Analytics Engineering at Proper Hospitality
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Payas is a data and analytics engineer at Proper Hospitality, building out the companys data and AI stack. A UC Berkeley triple major alumnus, he is also a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard, researching the secondary data economy. He has a diverse background in finance, quantitative analysis, and big tech.

Actively involved in his community, Payas serves as an elected Business Director on the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. He is passionate about solving challenging technical problems with real-world impact and is known for being the designated "top-tier meme admin" at the companies he has worked for.

Unique fact: Payas triple-majored in Business, Economics, and Computer Science during his time at UC Berkeley.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Analytics Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Data Privacy
His Harvard fellowship focuses on the secondary data economy, and he has written about the importance of consumer data protection tools like California's DROP platform.
Modern Data Stack
His current role involves building a unified data warehouse, canonical models, and a guest identity foundation to improve business decision-making at Proper Hospitality.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Analytics Engineering
Proper Hospitality
9-2025
Elected Business Director - Downtown LA Neighborhood Council (South Park)
City of Los Angeles
9-2025
Technology and Human Rights Fellow @ Carr-Ryan Center
Harvard Kennedy School
1-2025 - 1-2026
Data Science & Analytics
Mainstay
7-2024 - 1-2025
Data Engineering, Analytics, and Science
BrainForge
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Education
Bachelor's degree
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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