About
Jonathan Dobres is a data scientist, currently at Saks and formerly of Sonos, where his activities included project management, scientific communication, statistical inference, and (honest attempts at) predicting the future. He has also worked extensively on customer behavior and survey design, and has a lot of opinions about the Net Promoter Score.
From 2012 to 2017, Jonathan was a Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab, where he investigated topics including automotive safety and technology use across the lifespan. He also led an extensive line of research on text legibility. Ask him silly questions about fonts, and you will get serious answers.
He received a doctorate in experimental psychology from Boston University in 2012, although technically the diploma says 2013. There are only two official graduations per year, and the calendar does not round down.
Jonathan’s hobbies include, but are not limited to: web design, programming, fun perception tricks, and writing. He also believes that independent websites are an important form of self-expression.
Tiny Résumé
Big One on LinkedIn
Now
Staff Data Scientist at Saks. This job is too new for words!
2017 – 2024
Principal Data Scientist (and other prior positions) at Sonos. Forecasting, machine learning, predictive models, survey design, program management.
2020 – 2024
Scientific Consultant for The Readability Consortium. Experiment design, statistical analysis, human subjects research, vision science.
2012 – 2017
Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab focusing on driving behavior, in-vehicle technology, and typographic legibility.
2012
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Science) from Boston University, specializing in vision science and perceptual learning.
Skills
Python, R, SQL. Over 11k reputation on StackOverflow. Award-winning public speaker. Coded, designed, and wrote this whole website.