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New York, Ny, Us

I lead Market Intelligence, Policy and Bitcoin Research at Cash App. I combine quantitative methods from data science and macroeconomics with Human Centered Design to uncover latent needs and design products that meet them.Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 47 million monthly active customers.

San Francisco, California, Us

Innovation and design consulting with a broad mix of clients, from the leading technology and media companies to government agencies. Combining data science with human-centered design to uncover user insights and shape product direction and strategy.

Boost (Acquired by Arria) uses A.I. to power scouting and recruiting in grassroots basketball. Our algorithms focus on player skills and ability, not just game stats and analytics. Player data is visualized and contextualized both for parents/players, and for coaches to make recruiting decisions. We save coaches time, money, and energy. We help athletes break through the politics of a multi-billion dollar business. Learn more at https://boostsport.ai/

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Macro Currency Group (Boutique global macro fund inside Principal Global Investors)Responsible for thematic idea generation, real economy, quantitative and alternative data strategies. Focus on: - Global macro regime indicators - Factor modeling - Macro event trading - Geopolitical and comparative politics analysis - Application of modern machine learning and data science techniques to global macro markets

San Carlos, California, Us

Juntos (Acquired by Nubank) is a financial conversation platform that serves as a bridge between financial access and true financial inclusion for the world's newly banked. Juntos partners with financial service providers worldwide to deliver high-touch engaging conversations via SMS to build trust, comfort, and confidence with customers so they can effectively use newly available financial products, increase their participation in the financial system, and take control of their financial lives.I was responsible for leading the company’s quantitative analysis, research and data design: - Designed and built platform for conducting digital experiments. - Worked alongside CTO to integrate data infrastructure into the full engineering architecture. - Built out machine learning tools and capabilities - Built data visualization tools and platforms - Business analytic models: Customer retention / churn, activation models, market segmentation, association analysis, transaction network modeling. - Causal Inference: Experimental design, creation and analysis, quasi-experimental methods. - Research: Development economics, theories of mobile money and financial inclusion.

New York, Ny, Us

European Foreign Exchange Strategist:- Fundamental macroeconomic research, exchange rate forecasting and analysis of developed and emerging markets.- Interaction with broad base of hedge fund, asset manager and central bank clients.- Extensive media training and regular contributor to global financial media..

Zurich, Ch

G10 Foreign Exchange Strategist: - Fundamental macroeconomic research, exchange rate forecasting and analysis of developed and emerging markets.- Interaction with broad base of hedge fund, asset manager and central bank clients- Generation of FX options trade recommendations.

Masters, International Policy

Bsc, Economics

Erasmus Program, Economics