Our Team of Data Professionals
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Sarosh R Khan
Founder and CEO
Expertise
Twenty five years of experience in strategy consulting, economic research, international finance, and technology driven social enterpriseExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Censeo Consulting Group, US Navy, Air Force, Army, and various private firmsEducation
Doctorate, International Affairs - SAIS (ongoing)MPA, International Development - Harvard University
Graduate Coursework - Washington University in St Louis
BS, Economics with Highest Honors - Northeastern University
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Karl Garbacik
Cofounder and Chief Data Scientist
Expertise
Ten years of advanced experience in training, economic research, AI modeling, and operations managementExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and various global companiesEducation
MA, Economics - George Washington UniversityBA, Economics - Portland State University
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Nauman Khan
Chief Operating Officer
Expertise
Thirty+ years of core management team experience with a focus on finance and business strategy across several verticals and geographiesExperience
Small to large public and private firms, conglomerates, venture capital and private equity firms, incubators, investment funds, Department of State, District Department of Transportation (DDOT), ESAG (UAE), Shell Oil Refinery, Newtek Business Services, Merrill Lynch, and Banca IMI SecuritiesEducation
Graduate Coursework - Washington University in St LouisMS, Investment Management - Pace University
BS, Mechanical Engineering - NED University
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Darren Höevel
Chief Customer Success Officer
Expertise Twenty five years of experience as a results-driven IT Professional and Leadership & Agile Coach for federal and commercial clients, specializing in IT Project Management, customer-centric solution delivery, business process optimization, cross-functional business logistics, and managing multimillion-dollar programs and Agile transformations
Experience Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Census Bureau (USCB), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Pliant Solutions
Education MA, Business Administration, George Fox, OR
Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator (CDTLF)
ICF Trained Coach Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Organizational Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC)
Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) Program Consultant (SPC)
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP- ATF)
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator (LSPF )
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Nick Kiritz, CFA, FRM
Chief Implementation Officer
Expertise
Thirty years of experience building out internal control, risk management and regulatory functions as a leader in industry, regulation and consultingExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Constellation Energy/Exelon, Fannie Mae, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, McKinsey, various federal agencies, and consulting firmsEducation
MBA, Finance - UC BerkeleyBA, Economics and Development Studies - UC Berkeley
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Financial Risk Manager (FRM)
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Dean Ritz
Chief Data Policy Advisor
Expertise Forty years of experience with symbolic computing, financial disclosure modernization policy and practices, and knowledge engineering
Experience Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC), DATA Foundation, Workiva, Sun Microsystems, ParcPlace Systems, Xerox PARC
Education MA, Philosophy- University of Montana
BA, Liberal Arts - Hampshire College
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Erik Garbacik, PhD
Principal Data Scientist
Expertise
Fourteen years of advanced experience in data analysis, mathematical modeling, algorithm design, and research and development (R&D)Experience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), CNA Corporation, and various companies and research institutesEducation
PhD, Applied Physics - University of TwenteBS, Physics/Chemistry - Lawrence University
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David Smith, PhD
Senior Data Scientist
Expertise
Ten years of experience in data visualization data analysis, data cleaning, and programming of the experimentsExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Education
PhD, Cognitive Science - University of MaineBS, Psychology, Cognitive Science - Michigan State University
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Elizabeth Harmon
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Expertise Nine years of experience of driving strategic change through policy, research, analysis, and communications and translating goals and regulatory objectives into practical implementation plans
Experience Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the United Nations (UN), Sayari Analytics, Brookings Institution, and others
Education MS, International Development - The London School of Economics
BA, International Relations and Arabic - Stanford University
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Sterling Lozalee
Data Scientist and Head of Learning
Expertise
Ten years of experience in data science, business intelligence, program management, systems engineering, education, curriculum development, and scientific researchExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NASA, FEMA, AFRL, QA SystemsEducation
Doctorate, Space Resources - Colorado School of Mines (ongoing)MS, Space Resources - Colorado School of Mines MBA - St. Edward’s University
BS Mathematics - St. Edward’s University
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Product Manager Certification (PMC)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
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Dan Rasmussen, PhD
Data Scientist
Expertise
Ten years of distilling insights from large volumes of data involving preprocessing, analyzing, visualizing, modeling, and synthesizingExperience Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Education PhD, Earth Science - Columbia University
MS, Earth Science - New Mexico Tech
BS (Hons), Earth Science - University of Oregon -
Svitlana Omural
Data Scientist
Expertise
Fourteen years of experience in entrepreneurship, business development, financial management, data analysis, and economic researchExperience
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Education
MA, Economics - CERGE-EIMSc, BSc, Economics - Sumy State University
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Rajesh Sripada
Enterprise Data Architect
Expertise Technology leader with over 33 years of experience and a decade of specialization in data architecture, cloud strategy, and AI-driven analytics.
Experience
Health and Human Services (HHS)/Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Education
MS Applied Information Technology, Towson University, Towson, MDDiploma International Business, Philadelphia University, PA
MBA, Business Administration and Finance, UAE
BS, Accounting, Osmania University, India
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Steven Schluchter, PhD
Data Scientist
Expertise Fifteen years in mathematics research specializing in computational mathematics, graph theory, and machine learning, combined with five years as a software engineer in federal IT consulting
Experience Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Education PhD, Mathematics - The George Washington University
MS, Pure Mathematics - California State University, East Bay
BS, Mathematics (Computer Science Minor), Saint Mary's College of California
AWS Certified Machine Learning
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
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Sergei Dubovsky
DevOps Engineer
Expertise
20+ years experience in software & technology infrastructure, eight of them leading cloud-native transformation for federal and commercial clients.
Experience
HII Tech Solutions, Burgess Group, American Airlines, Thomson Reuters, Mayo Foundation, SAP, FirstData
Education
B.S. Computer Science – Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radio Electronics, Minsk, Belarus
B.S. Electrical Engineering – MGEK, Minsk, Belarus -
Sammy Orangkhadivi
Principal Data Scientist
Expertise
Twenty+ years experience in data architecture, enterprise data strategy, and analytics engineering, data engineering, machine learning, cloud-based data infrastructure, and business intelligenceExperience
JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Robert Half, Cardinal Health, and ApitureEducation
Certificate in Applied Data, Dartmouth CollegeBA, Economics - University of Kansas
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Shivaji Srivatsavai
Enterprise Data Integration Architect
Expertise
25 years of experience spanning design, development and implementation of client/server applications, Data Warehouses, DataMarts, and Extraction Transformation and Load (ETL)Experience
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Freddie Mac (CDW), Limited Brands, and CIGNAEducation
Diploma, Computer Science and Engineering, BVVS, India
IBM Certified Solution Developer – InfoSphere DataStage 8.0
IBM WebSphere DataStage Enterprise Edition v7.5 Certification
Teradata Certified Professional – V2R5 -
M Saad Zahoor
Cloud Engineer
Expertise
Eight+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure design, DevOps automation, and secure enterprise deployments across Azure and AWS environments.
Experience
District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Charles Schwab, Systems Ltd, and SDI Presence
Education
Master of Information Systems - Cleveland State University
Bachelor of Computer Science - University of Engineering and Technology - Pakistan
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified Trainer