Our experts have supported orgs such as:
Aziz Lookman, PhD
Chief Analytics Officer
Aziz has 20+ years of experience in combining subject matter expertise with analytics and data. Previously, he was the Global Chief Risk Officer of Amazon Capital Services, built out AIG’s professional liability Data Science team, and developed structured finance valuation analytics at Moody’s. Aziz is a former academic and was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
PhD, Finance, Carnegie Mellon University
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Amar Yashlaha
Principal Cloud Data Architect
Amar has 20+ years of experience in large scale data warehousing and data integration pipelines. He has designed and built cloud services including Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Software-as-a-Service for Fortune 500 clients in multiple industries.
MS, Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University
Stephane Caraguel
Advisor, Machine Learning and Healthcare
Stephane has 20+ years of problem solving and modeling experience that combines behavioral science and analytics, particularly Bayesian Networks. He has developed solutions in multiple sectors including insurance, investment management, adtech and healthcare. Stephane is an actual rocket scientist and has worked on a NASA mission.
MS, Applied Math and Computer Science, ENSIIE Grande Ecole, France
Niren Nazareth
Advisor, Capital Markets
Niren has 20 years of capital markets and investment banking experience. Previously, at Deutsche Bank, he raised over $20 billion to finance growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. He has advised organizations such as Ali Baba, Dish Network and the US Treasury Department on structuring and deal execution.
MBA, Finance, Columbia Business School
BS, Management, Rutgers University
CFA charterholder
Perry Mehta, PhD
Advisor, Valuation & Regulatory Compliance
Perry has 20+ years of experience in enterprise risk management, financial modeling and validation. In previous roles, he was Global Head of Model Validation at S&P, held senior roles for risk analytics at Moody’s and Prudential, advised financial institutions on model regulatory compliance at Ernst & Young and was a bank examiner for quantitative methodologies at the Federal Reserve.
PhD, Finance. Temple University
BTech, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Jeff Helzner, PhD
Advisor, Decision Science
Jeff has 20+ years of experience in decision science. He was a research decision scientist at Blackboard Insurance, AIG’s InsureTech arm and also led behavioral science at AIG. Jeff is a former academic and was a professor at Columbia University.
PhD, Logic, Computation and Methodology, Carnegie Mellon University.
Milind Raje
Advisor, Software Architecture
Milind has 20+ years of experience in full life cycle software development. He has designed and built mission critical applications for entities such as the US Department of Transportation and US Department of Education, and Thomson Financial. His expertise includes mobile application development and microservice based architecture.
MS, Computer Science, University of Kansas
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Anastasiya Ostrovnaya, PhD
Advisor, Climate Risk
Anastasiya has 20 years of experience in quantitative analysis. Her current area of focus is climate finance and quantifying climate-related risks for financial and physical assets. Previously, she was a trader of fixed income securities in emerging markets at Deutsche Bank for 10 years. She is also a faculty member at the Imperial College Business School in London.
PhD, Finance, Carnegie Mellon University