Kevin Lu

Kevin Lu has an extensive background in data science and quantitative analysis. Kevin currently serves as the Lead Data Scientist at Coin Metrics, where they are responsible for providing valuable insights into crypto asset market and network data. Prior to this, Kevin worked at The Element Group as the Director of Quantitative Analysis, where they played a key role in developing critical infrastructure for the firm's cryptocurrency hedge fund. Kevin also conducted and published quantitative research using the infrastructure they built. Before that, Kevin founded Emergent Signal, where they provided consulting services to companies in investment management and data science. At Bridgewater Associates, Kevin worked on the data team and played a crucial role in creating, transforming, and delivering economic and financial data models for trading systems. Additionally, they produced the firm's flagship research paper, Bridgewater's Daily Observations. Kevin also has experience at Edgeworth Economics, L.L.C., where they served as a Managing Consultant and Senior Consultant, leading teams and performing analyses for corporations involved in mergers and acquisitions, price fixing, and intellectual property disputes. Kevin began their career at NERA Economic Consulting as an Associate Analyst and Research Associate.

Kevin Lu obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley between 2002 and 2006. In 2009 and 2010, they attended the National Taiwan Normal University to study Mandarin, but did not obtain a degree. Kevin also passed Level II of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Exam, but information regarding the institution, month, and year of attainment is not provided.