Yassir Wood

Yassir Wood is an Associate Software Engineer at Capital One since August 2023, previously serving as a Technology Consultant at Protiviti from September 2022 to July 2023 and as a Software Developer Apprentice at Code Differently from June 2022 to April 2023. Yassir's experience includes a role as a Big Data Apprentice at Conversant and an Events Team Operations Intern at 1871. Additionally, Yassir worked as a Simulation-Model Research Assistant at Northwestern University's Data Visualization Lab, contributing to Chicago Marathon analysis and model development, and was a finalist in the INFORMS Analytics prize competition. Yassir has also held a position as a Production Assistant at Evanston SPACE and a Business Intern at Deal Partners, where significant marketing improvements led to increased sales. Yassir holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from Florida International University and another Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering/Computer Science from Northwestern University, along with an Associate's degree in Computer Science from Miami Dade College.