Our experts have supported orgs such as:
Aziz Lookman, PhD
Founder & Chief Analytics Officer
Aziz has 20+ years of leadership experience in combining subject matter expertise with analytics and data. Previous roles include Head of AI for Two Sigma’s PE arm, Global Chief Risk Officer of Amazon Capital Services, and Head of AI for AIG’s professional liability Data Science team. 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
Advisor, Data Architecture
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
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