Hilary Mason

Hilary Mason is a prominent figure in the technology and data science sectors, currently serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Hidden Door since 2020. Mason has held various influential positions, including Advisor at the Data & Society Research Institute from 2016 to 2023, and served on the Board of Directors for the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology from October 2015 to October 2021. Prior to these roles, Mason was a Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners and co-founded hackNY.org, a non-profit organization that supports engineering talent, in 2010. As the founder and CEO of Fast Forward Labs and later GM of Machine Learning at Cloudera, Mason has significantly contributed to advancements in data science and machine learning. Mason also co-founded DataGotham, a conference celebrating New York's data community, and held key roles at bitly and Path101, Inc. Mason holds a BA in Computer Science from Grinnell College and has further education from Brown University.