New York Winter Data Summit 2025

Aditya Sharma, CFA is an Director for product management of Alpha Signals at S&P Global Market Intelligence, a solution catering to client needs for quantitative data, factors, models, and research.

Aditya is a quantitative product specialist who joined S&P Global in April 2021. Previously, he has held Data Science and Strategy roles with global remit at Western Union Business Solutions in London and Social Market Analytics, Inc in Chicago. Aditya has worked closely on projects involving machine learning and natural language processing application in Finance.

Aditya holds a Master of Science Degree in Finance from Illinois Institute of Technology, United States and Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, India. He is a current member of CFA UK Society.

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Paul Boynton is the Co-Founder and COO of Company Search Incorporated (CSI), a cutting-edge platform for Business Intelligence and Business Analytics. With decades of experience leveraging data and insurance capital for multinational corporations and SMEs, Paul’s expertise as a solution provider is rooted in developing, implementing, and providing critical information for analysis and decision making.

Paul has a track record of driving operational and risk management success, fostering sustainability and growth for the likes of Dell, McDonald’s, Walmart and leaders in the commodities and chemicals industries. His career is marked by securing strategic risk-sharing partnerships to facilitate significant capital commitments.

Paul gained extensive experience in the Political Risk and Non-Payment Insurance sector in NYC as an underwriter for FCIA, reinsurance treaties with Willis Faber, and corporate relationship manager with Johnson and Higgins (Marsh). A significant portion of his career was spent in Dallas as a product line and regional manager with specialist firm EIA Global. His career took a pivotal turn with partnerships forged in Shanghai, transitioning from information user to a top-tier information provider, culminating with the launch of CSI. Paul is instrumental in the development, construction, and marketing of the CSI platform, aiming to provide a powerful business intelligence resource across many industries.

A native of Oklahoma, Paul is based in Dallas, Texas. He is an alumnus of Southeastern Oklahoma State and attended the University of Oklahoma and New York University. Beyond his professional achievements, Paul is dedicated to social awareness and philosophical organizations, having served as a Deacon for Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York, served on various boards in Dallas, and as a benefactor and advisor for foundations supporting American war veterans.

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Sergio Toro is the CEO of Aterio, a Vancouver-based data analytics company delivering forward-looking intelligence on U.S. data centers, energy demand, and population growth. Under his leadership, Aterio equips financial institutions, institutional investors, and corporations with the insights they need to anticipate infrastructure trends and seize emerging market opportunities

Previously, Sergio led channel partner programs at Tigera.io and Galvanize Software (acquired for $1B). He also serves as a Board Director for Prometalicos and Pacific Flying Club.