Yumi Odama

Yumi Odama is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in strategy, business analytics, and equity research. Currently serving as a Senior Strategy and Business Analytics Manager at POPSUGAR since 2012, Yumi is responsible for financial analyses and forecasting across major business verticals, collaborating on annual budgeting, and preparing reports for senior management. Prior roles include Equity Analyst at MLV, where Yumi covered medical technology companies, and Vice President at ICR, Inc., providing capital markets advisory for healthcare firms. Yumi's career began as an Equity Research Associate at Thomas Weisel Partners, focusing on specialty pharmaceuticals. Yumi holds a B.A. in Mathematics and was a Ph.D. student in Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley.