New York Winter Data Summit 2025

Slava is a Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group based in Boston. He is a core member of Tech Capital sector in Principal Investors and Private Equity practice. He leads usage of advanced analytics, AI and alternative data in due diligences and portfolio projects for US and European clients. As part of his role, Slava focuses on development of advanced analytics tools that leverage Data Science and AI to deliver deeper, faster insights – essential in the context of tight due diligence timelines.

Slava holds an MBA with honors from The Wharton School in Entrepreneurial Management & Finance and PhD, M.S. and B.S. with distinction in Applied Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

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Wojtek is a Systematic Portfolio Manager (PM) / Head of Research with 30 years experience in statistical modeling of complex dynamical systems in physics, engineering & finance. He has worked att Winton Capital (Senior Scientist), Teza Technologies (PM & Director of Research Process), Exodus Point Capital (PM), Brevan Howard Capital (PM), where he lead quantitative finance R&D teams. He currently acts as the Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer of EngSci Capital Management LLC.

Before entering Finance, Wojtek led R&D projects/teams in Nuclear Fusion research at the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire, the largest Fusion facility in the world, including the EFDA-JET Task Forces on Exhaust Physics (100+ PhDs) and Edge Plasma Computer Modeling (30+ PhDs). He was a visiting Professor at Imperial College, London, co-authored 300+ articles which were cited over 10,000 times (his current H-index is 51, refr: Google Scholar) and published a reference textbook in his field, Power Exhaust in Fusion Plasmas, Cambridge U. Press (2009).

Aditya Sharma, CFA, is Head of Product Management for Textual and Professional Datasets, and Quantitative Signals at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He leads the development and execution of product strategies that deliver quantitative solutions built on raw and processed text, traditional and alternative data.

Aditya is a specialist in textual and quantitative analytics, with deep expertise in applying advanced machine learning and natural language processing techniques to financial data.

He joined S&P Global in April 2021 and has previously held global roles in data science and strategy at Western Union Business Solutions in London and Social Market Analytics, Inc. in Chicago.

Barney joined Neudata's research team in 2021, where he is responsible for uncovering new datasets across a range of sectors including ESG, digital and consumer-oriented landscapes. Previously, Barney spent three years at an executive search firm executing mandates across ESG, distribution, investment roles.He holds an MA in History from the University of St Andrews.

Brittany is a Regulatory Analyst at Neudata. Prior to Neudata, she worked on technology policy issues for the United States Congress and New America’s Open Technology Institute. She also spent five years working in television, primarily at Viacom Media Networks and Fuse TV.Brittany holds a JD from the Fordham University School of Law, where she concentrated in Intellectual Property and Information Law. She earned her BA in Classics and Anthropologyfrom Colby College.

Finn is a research analyst at Neudata, where he covers transaction and advertising data. Finn holds an MA in Economics from the University of St Andrews. Prior to joining Neudata he worked at the Fraser of Allander Institute, an economic think tank.

Dr. Gurpinder Dhillon is the Head of Data Partner Strategy & Ecosystem at Senzing, a company pioneering real-time entity resolution for AI, data management, analytics, and compliance. With two decades of experience spanning data strategy, governance, and intelligent systems, Gurpinder has led enterprise-scale transformation efforts in both startups and Fortune 500s.

He is known for translating complex data challenges into trusted, scalable architectures—especially in regulated industries like financial services, public safety, and government. At Senzing, he is focused on growing a global ecosystem of partners and embedding entity resolution into the foundation of next-generation AI and GenAI solutions.

A published author, frequent keynote speaker, and former global head of data at Dun & Bradstreet, Gurpinder blends strategic vision with deep operational insight to help organizations unlock value from clean, resolved identity data.

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Ian is the Chief Revenue Officer at Neudata, where he heads the Client Engagement group, as well as its busy programme of events. He has spent the last seven years helping asset managers, investment banks and retailers to get value out of traditional and alternative data.

Prior to that, Ian's experience encompassed analytical and commercial roles at Vodafone, Bank of Scotland and Liberty Mutual. Ian holds an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oxford, and a Saltire Fellowship in Entrepreneurship from Babson College, Massachusetts.

Jonathan Kay is CEO of Apptopia, where he leads the strategic direction and daily operations of the company. A mobile industry pioneer, he built Apptopia in 2011 to bring transparency to the app ecosystem by making consumer behavior signals more accessible to the investment community. Kay is a compelling storyteller who has a knack for translating data into clear and actionable investment signals. He has a passion for the people around him, professional sports, and devising efficient processes.