She has over six years of research experience pertaining to machine learning and big data analytics, with applications in information extraction, text mining, social media, search and relevance, and recommendation systems. Her research has both academic recognition and industry impact. Before joining McIntire, she was a scientist at Microsoft, developing large-scale machine learning solutions for numerous Microsoft products such as Xbox, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Cortana, and Bing. She also received a teaching award for her business intelligence course at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business.