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Natalya Dmitriyeva is a data management and strategy executive, most recently serving as Global Head of Enterprise Data at a large global hedge fund. In this role, she oversaw global teams across data sourcing, engineering, science, and operations, advancing governance, vendor strategy, and AI-ready data initiatives.

Before joining Schonfeld, Natalya spent 17 years at Two Sigma, where she advanced from a role in data engineering, focusing on data pipelines, to building a Data Sourcing function from the ground up.

Natalya holds a Master of Science degree in Physics from Tbilisi State University in Georgia, specializing in Quantum Radiophysics. Her academic background has strengthened her analytical and problem-solving skills and contributed to her professional growth by bridging scientific, technical, market and leadership expertise.

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Ram Chilukuri is a Senior Quantitative Researcher at Double River Investments, where he builds machine-learning-driven alpha signals and leads the firm's alternative-data effort, from evaluating a new vendor dataset to deploying a live trading signal. With two decades in quantitative investing, his focus is on applying state-of-the-art methods to find a repeatable edge. He holds a Master's in Engineering from MIT and is a CFA charterholder.

Renee Yao began her career on Wall Street at Citadel, LLC. Later she left Citadel to join WorldQuant, a Millennium Management portfolio manager/trader with discretionary trading authority for her own designated account. Subsequently she joined a prop trading firm founded by a former trader of Susquehanna International Group(SIG) where she managed multiple statistical arbitrage portfolios totaling several hundred million USD in gross positions. In early 2015, Renee set up her own firm, Neo Ivy Capital Management, a quantitative hedge fund manager that focuses on trading liquid, publicly traded equity securities via artificial intelligence strategies. Renee was named as “Tomorrow’s Titan” by The Hedge Fund Journal in 2019 and “10 Leaders Transforming Investing in North America” by Business Insider in 2020. Renee has also been interviewed by Bloomberg's "The Big Take" and the JPM Market Team, highlighting her contributions to artificial intelligence in 2023. Renee holds a M.A in Statistics from Columbia University.

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Tani Fukui is Economist and Senior Director at MetLife Investment Management. She conducts macroeconomic research and provides U.S. forecasts for Metlife and the clients of MetLife Investment Management. She has been with MetLife since 2015. Prior to this, she worked at the U.S. International Trade Commission, analyzing the economic effects of trade policy. Tani holds a B.Sc.E. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in International and Macroeconomics from UCLA.

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Todd Fearn is Founder and CEO of Datris, an open-source data control plane that gives AI agents governed access to enterprise data through the Model Context Protocol. He has spent roughly 30 years building data infrastructure for financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Bridgewater Associates, Deutsche Bank, Salomon Brothers, Freddie Mac and CPPIB. Todd also runs IData Corporation, a data engineering consultancy, and has founded several venture-backed companies, including REV Entertainment, KaanBaan and Chord Corporation. He is based in Vermont on Lake Champlain.