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💼 Past Experience

Carl Gold'sWork experiences:Chief Data Scientist at ZuoraCarl Gold is currently a Chief Data Scientist at Zuora in Foster City, CA. Lead Data Scientist at Sparked.com from March 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 5 months) in San Francisco.* Designed and implemented ETL class library in Python to map a variety of third party data formats to the Sparked data model in Elasticsearch* Designed and implemented machine learning feature/attribute calculation framework using Elasticsearch aggregations and python Pandas* Designed and implemented a machine learning and validation framework in R, customized to problems of customer retention and behavior* Designed and implemented a data science pipeline configuration and control database in MySQL* Tested a variety of machine learning methods and algorithms for use in customer retention and behavior * Analyzed customer retention and behavior problems for companies in a variety of industries.Vice President, Risk Modeling at MSCI Inc (Formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International & MSCI Barra) from March 2007 to February 2014 (7 years) in Berkeley, CA. * Researched Factor Models for Fixed Income Risk using multiple statistical methods and Fixed income asset analysis methods Created Fixed Income Issuer Risk Model * Created issuer specific risk model * Enhanced Fixed Income Corporate Risk Factor Model using sub-sector risk decomposition * Investigated Daily Factor Return model of Short Horizon VaR for Fixed Income Portfolios* Designed and programmed enhancements for research infrastructure in C++ (w/ STL), Sybase (including Sybase PL SQL stored procedures), Matlab, Perl and Ruby * Created extensible model backtesting infrastructure * Designs and implemented object/database error tracking infrastructure for research updates * Implemented automation of daily update cycle including enhanced automated QA.Machine Learning Consultant at $1B investment partnership from May 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 7 months) in San Francisco. * Created novel machine learning algorithms to forecast stock and ETF returns* Designed and implemented time series signal framework for forecasting model. PhD Researcher, Neural Networks at California Institute of Technology from September 2000 to March 2007 (6 years 7 months). * Researched Support Vector Machine and Neural Network algorithms* Modeled electric fields of neurons using Matlab and NEURON differential equation simulator* Reconciled laboratory observations with biophysical model parameters* Awarded individual research fellowship from NIH.Business Analyst/Consultant at HBO Inc. from January 2002 to September 2006 (4 years 9 months). * Designed object model for royalty contracts of Hollywood actor/writer/director's for implementation in Java EJB Framework and Oracle Database* Performed and documented extensive client interviews to determine system requirements* Documented model design using Unified Modeling Lanaguage (UML)Designed and documented User Acceptance Test (UAT) plan for client departments.MS Researcher at King's College from June 2000 to September 2000 (4 months). * Investigated Support Vector Machines (SVM) with Bayesian algorithm programmed in C* Programmed Hybrid Monte Carlo simulation and other numerical algorithms. Programmer/An

🎓 Education

Carl Gold's educational background and work readiness is based on his undergraduate studies at Hunter College High School in New York City and his doctoral studies at Caltech in 2000. He has been a research scientist at Google in Mountain View, California, from 2007 until now. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge in England from 2009 to 2010.Gold's undergraduate education was in computer science at Hunter College High School in New York City. He graduated in 2000 with a degree in computer science. He then studied at Hunter College High School from 2000 to 2007, when he earned a doctorate in computations and neural systems from Caltech.Gold's work experience includes nearly twenty years of research in the computation and neural systems areas, primarily at Google in Mountain View, California. His academic and research accomplishments have won him many awards, including the ACM SIGPLAN Silver Award and the A. von Neumann Award. Gold is also a member of the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Computers, and he has served as the President of the Society for Rational Complex Systems.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Carl Gold has over 10 years of experience in data science, machine learning, and research. In his most recent roles, Carl was responsible for developing and implementing a machine learning and validation framework for research, as well as creating and documentation for an object and database error tracking infrastructure. He also spent 4 years working as a research consultant for HBO, working on developingobject models for royalty contracts of Hollywood actor/writer/director's.