Wawa
Principal Data Scientist
Philip Neff
Experience Data Scientist and Founder. Wharton MBA and Brown undergrad. Active angel investor with focus in climate and tech
Experience Data Scientist and Founder. Wharton MBA and Brown undergrad. Active angel investor with focus in climate and tech
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Experience
Data Scientist
- Building new API platform which will re-price retailers' products on Amazon in real-time, helping them win the Amazon "BuyBox" and compete with other sellers
- Built... more product to manage client bids and cost on Google Shopping in order to optimize their dynamic target budgets
- Built... more product to manage client bids and cost on Google Shopping in order to optimize their dynamic target budgets
Sr. Business Operations Manager
Manage operations team whose duties include calculating and analyzing key performance indicators and developing and implementing processes to improve metrics and increase... more company margins
Oversee company-wide rollout of Business Intelligence platform and manage data analytics for Revenue side of the business
Evaluate pricing for new product go-to-market strategy
Build probability models to calculate Customer Lifetime Value for client base
Oversee company-wide rollout of Business Intelligence platform and manage data analytics for Revenue side of the business
Evaluate pricing for new product go-to-market strategy
Build probability models to calculate Customer Lifetime Value for client base
Gauss Financial Group
Founder
Managing Director of a long-short equity fund.
Gauss Financial Group was a long/short quantitative hedge fund focusing on equity markets. Our model utilized fundamental... more data and established price estimates and price confidence intervals for each stock. An estimated sharpe ratio was developed for each trade, allowing Gauss to actively manage the risk of each trade. We kept a relatively low beta to the markets which allowed the fund to effectively handle periods of heightened market volatility
Gauss Financial Group was a long/short quantitative hedge fund focusing on equity markets. Our model utilized fundamental... more data and established price estimates and price confidence intervals for each stock. An estimated sharpe ratio was developed for each trade, allowing Gauss to actively manage the risk of each trade. We kept a relatively low beta to the markets which allowed the fund to effectively handle periods of heightened market volatility
Ryzing- Acquired by RockYou
Director of Operations / Product Manager
Managed operations of online games startup, including finance, accounting, human resources, and business development.
Evaluated corporate actions resulting in partnership... more and ultimate sale of company to RockYou, Inc.
Evaluated corporate actions resulting in partnership... more and ultimate sale of company to RockYou, Inc.
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Education
About
Achievements
Founded long/short quantitative hedge fund, raising $3,000,000 to develop track record.
Built API to integrate with Amazon Marketplace Web Service; re-price client products on Amazon.com in real-time.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
Give and Take by Adam Grant. The book contains excellent examples and research explaining why "givers" tend to excel more than "takers", both in and out of the workplace. A great business read, but also great for everyday life