Alok Gupta's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

💼 Past Experience

Previous work experiences:Quant Analyst (Intern) at BNP Paribas from 2006 to 2006 (less than a year). Health Analyst (Intern) at Audit Commission from 2005 to 2005 (less than a year). Actuarial Analyst (Intern) at Deloitte from 2004 to 2004 (less than a year).Summer Analyst (Intern) at HSBC from 2000 to 2003 (3 years).Head of Data Science & Machine Learning at DoorDash in San Francisco Bay Area.Leading Data Scientists and Machine Learning across the 3-sided marketplace (hiring all levels). Problems include: Search, Ranking, Forecasting, Matching, Budget Allocation, Merchant Lead Generation, Incentive Modeling, Attribution, and many many more.Affiliated Researcher at Stanford University from January 2016 to December 2016 (1 year) in Institute For Research in the Social Sciences.Part of the Exchange Research Group at IRiSS.We are a team of Stanford University researchers and Airbnb data scientists studying the social consequences of sharing goods and services with strangers.Vice-President Quant Trader at Deutsche Bank from April 2012 to April 2014 (2 years 1 month) in New York, USA.FX High Frequency Algorithmic tradingElectronic Exchange/OTC Market-Making.External Lecturer at University of Oxford from April 2012 to March 2014 (2 years) in Oxford, United Kingdom.MSc Mathematical FinanceMarket Microstructure, Algorithmic Trading.Associate Quant at BNP Paribas from October 2011 to April 2012 (7 months) in London, UK.FX High Frequency Algorithmic tradingElectronic Exchange/OTC Market-Making.Junior Research Fellow at University of Oxford from 2010 to 2011 (1 year) in Oxford University, Wadham College. Nomura Postdoctoralate in Mathematical Financepeople.maths.ox.ac.uk/~gupta.Senior Quant (Consultant) at FTSE from 2010 to 2011 (1 year) in London, UK.Created new portfolio optimization indicesDesigned patented new volatility index methodology.Senior Director Of Data Science, Head of Growth at Lyft from March 2018 to August 2019 (1 year 6 months) in San Francisco.Lead multiple teams of 40+ Scientists working on Rider & Driver acquisition, Rider & Driver engagement / retention, Brand measurement and optimization.Worked as a cross-functional visionary to automate $XXXm marketing spend at YY% higher efficiency.Hired many managers and senior ICs and redesigned the performance management career ladders.Helped take the company through IPO from a valuation of $7bn to $15bn post lockup.Director Of Data Science, Head of Growth at Airbnb from April 2014 to March 2018 (4 years) in San Francisco, USA.2017 Jul - 2018 Mar, Led the Guest Experience Data Science Team (includes Growth, Search, Booking, Engagement)2016 Jul - 2017 Jun, Led the Growth ML

🎓 Education

Alok Gupta has a PhD, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance from University of Oxford in 2006. Alok Gupta has also a MSc, Mathematics, Finance from Imperial College London in 2005 and a BA from University of Cambridge in 2002. Gupta has worked in the banking and financial markets for many years, most recently in the role of Corporate Controller for Unilever plc. Gupta is currently a Research Fellow at King's College London and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and the Journal of Financial Analysis.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Alok Gupta's Professional experience:Quant Analyst (Intern), at BNP Paribas from 2006 to 2006 (less than a year). Monte Carlo Pricing of FX Options. Health Analyst (Intern), at Audit Commission from 2005 to 2005 (less than a year). Actuarial Analyst (Intern), at Deloitte from 2004 to 2004 (less than a year). summer Analyst (Intern), at HSBC from 2000 to 2003 (3 years). Head Of Data Science & Machine Learning at DoorDash in San Francisco Bay Area.leading Data Scientists and Machine Learning across the 3-sided marketplace (hiring all levels). problems include: Search, Ranking, Forecasting, Matching, Budget Allocation, Merchant Lead Generation, Incentive Modeling, Attribution, and many many more. Affiliated Researcher at Stanford University from January 2016 to December 2016 (1 year) in Institute for Research in the Social Sciences. Part of the Exchange Research Group at IRiSS. We are a team of Stanford University researchers and Airbnb data scientists studying the social consequences of sharing goods and services with strangers. Vice-President Quant Trader at Deutsche Bank from April 2012 to April 2014 (2 years 1 month) in New York, USA. FX High Frequency Algorithmic tradingElectronic Exchange/OTC Market-Making. External Lecturer at University of Oxford from April 2012 to March 2014 (2 years) in Oxford, United Kingdom. MSc Mathematical FinanceMarket Microstructure, Algorithmic Trading. Associate Quant at BNP Paribas from October 2011 to April 2012 (7 months) in London, UK.fx High Frequency Algorithmic tradingElectronic Exchange/OTC Market-Making. Junior Research Fellow at University of Oxford from 2010 to 2011 (1 year) in Oxford University, Wadham College. Nomura Postdoctorate in Mathematical Financepeople.maths.ox.ac.uk/~gupta. Senior Quant (Consultant) at FTSE from 2010 to 2011 (1 year) in London, UK. Created new portfolio optimisation indicesDesigned patented new volatility index methodology. Senior Director Of Data Science, Head of Growth at Lyft from March 2018 to August 2019 (1 year 6 months) in San Francisco. Lead multiple teams of 40+ Scientists working on Rider & Driver acquisition, Rider & Driver engagement / retention, Brand measurement and optimization. Worked as a cross-functional visionary to automate $XXXm marketing spend at YY% higher efficiency.Hired many managers and senior ICs and redesigned the performance management career ladders.Helped take the company through IPO from a valuation of $7bn to $15bn post lockup. Director Of Data Science, Head of Growth at Airbnb from April 2014 to March 2018 (4 years) in San Francisco, USA. 2017 Jul - 2018 Mar, Led the Guest Experience Data Science Team (includes Growth, Search, Booking, Engagement)2016 Jul - 2017 Jun, Led the Growth ML Optimization & Personalization Data Science Team2015 Oct - 2016 Jun, Led the Customer Support NLP and Ops Research Data Science Team2014 Apr - 2016 Jun, Led the Trust & Fraud Prediction Data Science TeamCross-functional leader delivering vision,