Vlad A.

Vlad A. has over 20 years of work experience in various roles related to data science, product strategy, and financial analytics. Their most recent position was as the Director of Data Science at Strategic Financial Solutions NY. Prior to that, Vlad held roles such as Senior Manager of Data Scientist at Prudential Financial, Data Scientist/ML Engineer at Broadridge, and Director of Product Strategy, Data Science, and Analytics at Moody's Analytics. Vlad also has experience working at Moody's Investors Service, Measurisk, and DST Systems, holding roles such as Senior Financial Data Engineer and Senior Quantitative Developer. Throughout their career, Vlad has demonstrated expertise in data analysis, research, and product development within the financial sector.

Vlad A. graduated with a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business in 2007. Prior to that, they completed a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Physics - Quantum Electronics from Tbilisi State University between 1985 and 1992.

In terms of additional certifications, Vlad A. obtained a Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data from Coursera in September 2020, and a Causal Diagrams: Draw Your Assumptions Before Your Conclusions certification from HarvardX in September 2020. Vlad also completed a Deep Learning Nanodegree from Udacity in July 2018. Other certifications include Convolutional Neural Networks, Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization, Structuring Machine Learning Projects, Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Data Analytics for Six Sigma, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Specialization, Linked Data Engineering, Cluster Analysis in Data Mining, Text Retrieval and Search Engines, Text Mining and Analytics, Machine Learning: Classification, Machine Learning: Clustering & Retrieval, Machine Learning: Regression, Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach (x2), and Accounting Analytics. These certifications were obtained between 2016 and 2020.