Matthew McHugh

Matthew McHugh

Data Science, Economics, Music

About

I'm Matthew McHugh. I studied Data Science and Economics at UC Berkeley, and I love building processes and working with data for solving problems in the entertainment and music industry. Previously, I worked at Spotify and Universal Music Group. To work directly with artists, I founded Public School Records, an independent record label based in the Bay Area.

Education

UC Berkeley
Aug 2022 – May 2026
B.A. Economics & Data Science, UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Relevant coursework

Data Structures & Algorithms, Data Engineering, Data Mining, Business Analytics, Probability, Linear Algebra & Differ. Equ., Mathematical Statistics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics

Work Experience

Universal Music Group
Jun – Aug 2025

Universal Music Group · Interscope Capitol Labels Group · Data Science & Analytics

Spotify
Jun – Aug 2024

Spotify · Business Strategy & Insights · Strategy Analytics

Side Projects

Public School Records
Nov 2023 – Now

'Ride the Bus' - Independent Bay Area label I founded.

Nov 2025 – Now

A platform to log, share, and discover albums. In beta.

Projects

2025

Bay Wheels station-hour forecasting

Mass-appraisal price modeling

Binary spam vs. ham classification

Duolingo DS internship take-home

2024

2D tile-world engine in Java

Design

Interaction design · interactive demo

Interaction design · interactive demo

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Interaction design

Contact