> Paul Santillan

data scientist / builder / tinkerer — San Diego, CA

Data professional with experience across Uber, Lyft, and Unagi Scooters. I turn messy data into decisions — optimizing operations, recovering assets, and building tools that make complex systems feel simple.

Currently Senior Data Scientist at Unagi Scooters, working on ridership analytics, scooter deployment optimization, and real-time field ops tooling. Also building ClearLift on the side.

Experience

Unagi Scooters — Senior Data Scientist (2023–present)
Lyft — Data Analyst & Operations Specialist (2022)
Uber — Global Security Data Specialist, Operations (2017–2022)

Projects

ClearLift — making complex systems feel simple.
Plates Tracker — side project on Cloudflare Pages.

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