Experience

Outrigger Group

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Outrigger Group provides c-suite level insights to fast-growing startups and established businesses. Clients engage Outrigger to provide fractional executive and advisory services. Such services include finance (factional CFO), operations (fractional COO), data/AI strategy (fractional CDO/CAO), product strategy (fractional CPO), partnerships & go-to-market strategy (fractional CRO/CCO).



I See Data People

• United States
• Data Infrastructure and Analytics

• Co Host

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  We interview the people behind the data. In a short, digestible podcast we bring to life the most interesting stories and challenges from leaders across the data industry.



MarketReader

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Advisor

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  MarketReader is a market intelligence company that empowers all investors to understand why the market is moving in real time. Visit www.marketreader.com to learn more.


Alexandria Technology
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2023 - Present

AltHub
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2023 - Present

ArbiLex
• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2023 - Present

ValidMind Inc.
• United States
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2022 - Present

Civex
• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2022 - Present

The Index Standard
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Present

Taiyō.AI
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Present

Jaxon, Inc.
• United States
• Restaurants
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Present

EventVestor
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Present

Mind-Alliance
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Present

gravityAI
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Present

Helios Life Enterprises, Inc.
• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Aug 2023

Lagoon
• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Dec 2022


EAS Innovation

• Internet Publishing

• Founder & Managing Partner

  • May 2020 - Dec 2022

  I provide data and innovation strategy consulting, and I advise startups on business strategy and technology implementation. The firms I advise represent the most innovative technology solutions in finance, insurance, data science and law.


Aiera
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Oct 2022

RDA Index
• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Jun 2022

GeoQuant
• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2021 - Jun 2022

Arbor Advisory Group, LLC
• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Jun 2022

Suretys
• France
• Security and Investigations
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Jun 2022

New Constructs
• United States
• Capital Markets
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Advisory Board Member

  • 2020 - Jun 2022


Quinlan & Associates

• China
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Subject Matter Expert

  • May 2020 - Dec 2021

  I advised the team at Quinlan & Associates on matters relating to data and innovation strategy, especially in financial services.



Liquidnet

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• CEO of Prattle and Head of Data Innovation at Liquidnet

  • May 2019 - Apr 2020

  Greater New York City Area After Prattle was acquired, I continued to run the company as a subsidiary of Liquidnet. In addition to running Prattle, I spearheaded an effort to provide research automation technology to portfolio managers and analysts. My role included working with buy side clients, internal data scientists and external data vendors to source and build novel datasets that can be used to enhance the investment decision process.



Prattle

• United States
• Financial Services

• Founder & CEO

  • Jun 2014 - May 2019

  I founded Prattle to help automate the research process by analyzing complex, nuanced, market-moving language from central banks and corporations. Prattle's proprietary natural language processing (NLP) software allowed us to create the first truly comprehensive, unbiased metrics evaluating market-moving language. As CEO, my responsibilities ranged from designing product to developing strategic partnerships, making sales and managing investors. It also meant overseeing a team of data… Show more I founded Prattle to help automate the research process by analyzing complex, nuanced, market-moving language from central banks and corporations. Prattle's proprietary natural language processing (NLP) software allowed us to create the first truly comprehensive, unbiased metrics evaluating market-moving language. As CEO, my responsibilities ranged from designing product to developing strategic partnerships, making sales and managing investors. It also meant overseeing a team of data scientists, quants, developers, salespeople and operations personnel. Prattle was backed by GCM Grosvenor, NEA, Correlation Ventures, NeoTribe Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and several prominent angel investors. Prattle was acquired by Liquidnet in June of 2019. Show less



Schnidman & Associates

• United States
• Investment Banking

• Consultant

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2014

  Greater Boston Area Through graduate school I worked as an independent consultant providing services to large corporations and small financial institutions. Services included economic risk consulting, political risk consulting, economic policy consulting and advisory work for banks and credit unions.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PhD

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2013

  Greater Boston Area While earning a PhD in Political Economy I researched how central bank communications impact financial markets. I started as a game theorist studying small group decision making at the Federal Reserve before growing frustrated with the state of central bank analysis and developing a comprehensive, unbiased methodology to analyze Fed-speak quantitatively.



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2012

  Providence, Rhode Island Area I taught Economic Policymaking and the Political Economy of US Monetary Policy to graduate and undergraduate students in the Taubman Center for Public Policy.