About Me

My name is Yan Wu. I’m a long time technology executive, speaker, investor and advisor. I spent time as an executive both on Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Along the way, I’ve had the pleasure of leading amazing teams and businesses, stumbled a bunch, and learned a lot along the way. I would love the opportunity to share my experiences with you.

My unique expertise of leveraging data science to make business decisions, along with experience on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley allows me to bring trusted advice to your company.

If you would like to connect, please email me at yan@databoost.ai.


Over a decade of success using data science to drive growth

Founder (Current), Bond

  • Bond Financial Technologies is a new technology platform that raised one of the largest seed rounds in venture history.

  • With a $10 million commitment from Canaan Partners and Coatue, Bond is transforming the world of fintech.

Head of Data Science, SoFi

  • SoFi is a $4.5 billion financial technology company offering digital lending solutions for. SoFi is backed by Qatar Investment Authority, Softbank, and Silver Lake Partners.

  • At SoFi, I built, hired and led a 30+ person data science team that drove more than $50 million increase in revenue.

Vice President Analytics, BlackRock

  • BlackRock is the world’s largest investment manager with over $6 trillion in assets under management.

  • At BlackRock, I led the development of data driven investment strategies using data science, machine learning and AI to make investment.