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. BlackRock’s central
At BlackRock, I led the development of data driven investment strategies using data science, machine learning and AI to make investment.
MBA Wharton, BS Engineering from UC Berkeley
I made the honor role possible at both institutions.
Services
Data Strategy
What data to collect
Vendor and Platform Selection
Technology and implementation Stategy
Data Driven Decisions
Decision making framework
Defining KPI’s and success thresholds
Application of data science in Pricing, Marketing, Product and Risk
Revenue optimization and cost efficiency
Introduce machine learning and AI into your daily decision making
Data Team Building:
Building a data team that fits your needs
Hiring strategies and org construction
How to market your company to data scientists