Dakota Wixom

Dakota Wixom currently serves as a Product Manager for AI and Alternative Data at Citadel, starting in December 2025. Prior to this, Dakota held the role of Director of Product at Topaz Labs from February 2024 to December 2025, leading the product team in developing AI image and video applications. Dakota's experience also includes working as a Technical Product Manager at Visa, focusing on AI and analytics for optimizing payment systems, and as CTO and Co-Founder of Perl Street, which aimed to innovate financing and management for distributed technologies. Earlier career roles involved quantitative analysis at Yewno, Inc., Mizuho Americas, and Charles Schwab. Dakota holds a Master of Science in Financial Analytics and a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance from Stevens Institute of Technology, complemented by participation in Y Combinator.