Xueying (Amber) M.

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DISC Type : c

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Apple

Cupertino, California, United States

Overview

Xueying (Amber) M. is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Apple, where she develops customer-facing, GenAI-powered features for Apple Music. A graduate of Columbia University and the University of Toronto, her background includes data science roles at Levi Strauss & Co. and WeWork.

She co-authored a research paper on fine-tuning Small Language Models to create safety guardrails for natural language search, a feature released in Apple Music.

Personality Overview

Systematic

Cautious & Analytical

Value Seeker

They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.  While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Topics They Care About

Generative AI Products
Currently builds consumer-facing Generative AI features for Apple Music, including fine-tuning language models for search safety guardrails.
AI Safety
Co-authored a research paper on a data-centric approach for safety-tuning Small Language Models, which was implemented in a major consumer product.
Real-Estate Analytics
Previously built the core algorithms at WeWork to guide the real-estate site selection process by modeling internal and external data sources.

Media Appearances

Xueying has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2021
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Apple
9-2020 - 4-2021
Data Scientist at Levi Strauss & Co.
2-2019 - 8-2020
Data Scientist at WeWork
9-2018 - 12-2018
Data Science Intern (Part-time) at New York Life Investments
6-2018 - 8-2018
Data Science Intern at New York Life Investments

Education

Master's degree from Columbia University
H.B.Sc.(With High Distinction) from University of Toronto

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Insights For Selling To Xueying (Amber)

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Back up any claims with data and numbers
  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing

DONT's

  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Xueying (Amber) is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Xueying (Amber)

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Xueying (Amber) move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Xueying (Amber) take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Xueying (Amber)

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