# Carly Taylor

> Carly Taylor is a data scientist, ML engineer, and Field CTO for Gaming at Databricks who blends computational chemistry roots with cutting-edge machine learning to transform how the gaming industry understands player behavior. As founder of Rebel Data Science and creator of the Taylor on Tech newsletter, she advocates fiercely for diversity in data science while holding two ML patents and a track record that includes reducing player churn by 17% at Activision.

- **Role:** Field CTO for Gaming at Databricks
- **Organizations:** Databricks, Rebel Data Science
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** M.Sc. in Chemistry (Computational Quantum Dynamics), University of Colorado
- **Known for:** Holds two non-provisional machine learning patents, Developed player churn prediction model at Activision reducing attrition by 17% and increasing revenue by 22%, Authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in computational chemistry and ML

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Marketing analytics and data analyst roles
- **Mid career** — Senior Data Scientist and ML Engineer at Activision/Call of Duty
- **Mid career** — Director of Engineering at Microsoft and Activision
- **Mid career** — Roles at Well Data Labs and ggAI
- **2022** — Founded Rebel Data Science, boutique consulting firm for gaming ML
- **Present** — Field CTO for Gaming at Databricks

## Achievements

- Holds two non-provisional machine learning patents
- Developed player churn prediction model at Activision reducing attrition by 17% and increasing revenue by 22%
- Authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in computational chemistry and ML
- 100k+ LinkedIn followers as active data science content creator
- Speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025
- Featured in Women in Data Podcast, 365 Data Science, AtScale Podcast, and more
- Founded Rebel Data Science to democratize data science for underrepresented groups

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Speaker at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025
- **2025-03** — Podcast appearance: 'Why Gamers Paved the Way for AI' on Chain of Thought / Galileo AI
- **2024** — Active content creation on LinkedIn with 100k+ followers; YouTube: 'Treating Game Data as a First-Class Citizen'

## Links

- Website: https://www.rebeldatascience.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carly-taylor-data
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CarlyTaylor77
- GitHub: https://github.com/carlytaylor0017
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlymachinelearning/

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Last updated: 2026-04-22