Danesh has been apart of Neudata's research team since 2022. Since joining the team, he has helped high frequency and fundamental trading firms identify novel datasets across various asset classes. Today, Danesh sits on Neudata's macro research team helping build relationships and grow the companies coverage of alternative and traditional data products.

Danielle Castelli leads the Research & Data team at The Baupost Group, a Boston-based investment management firm. Her team is responsible for data sourcing, collection, processing, analysis, and visualization for the investment team. Prior to joining Baupost in 2014, she worked at J.P. Morgan Chase as a hedge fund accountant.

Danielle holds a B.A. in French from Boston College and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons University. She also earned a master’s degree in Applied Data Science from Syracuse University. Danielle has served as a board member for the Boston Book Festival since 2018.

Dorothy Ruderman leads Alternative Data and Research at Verition Fund Management, where she drives efforts to uncover unique, data-driven insights. With over a decade of experience bridging alternative data strategy, product development, and commercialization, she has held leadership roles at Similarweb, Facteus, and Stocktwits.

Dorothy is passionate about leveraging novel and non-traditional datasets to enhance investment decisions, helping translate complex, unstructured information into actionable intelligence. A graduate of Lehigh University, she also serves on the Board of Beat the Streets New York, supporting youth development through the sport of wrestling.

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Drew joined Neudata in 2024 as a research analyst, where she covers social media and advertising, transaction and macro data. Prior to joining Neudata, Drew worked in advertising where she was used alternative data to to get insights into market sentiment and competitive benchmarking. Drew holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Bath.

Finn is a research analyst at Neudata, where he covers transaction and advertising data. Finn holds an MA in Economics from the University of St Andrews. Prior to joining Neudata he worked at the Fraser of Allander Institute, an economic think tank.

Gjergji Angjeliu is a Vice President at Liberty Mutual Investments on the Investment Innovation and Integration team. He is an asset allocation professional focused on fixed income and multi-asset portfolios. Gjergji designs strategic and tactical allocation frameworks that balance risk, income, and long-term growth objectives. He has developed and implemented multi-asset volatility, correlation, and factor models to understand asset class behavior across market regimes and full cycles. As a quantitative developer and research associate, he formulates and back tests systematic macro trading strategies, translating macroeconomic themes into actionable signals and portfolio tilts.

Dr. Gurpinder Dhillon is the Head of Data Partner Strategy & Ecosystem at Senzing, a company pioneering real-time entity resolution for AI, data management, analytics, and compliance. With two decades of experience spanning data strategy, governance, and intelligent systems, Gurpinder has led enterprise-scale transformation efforts in both startups and Fortune 500s.

He is known for translating complex data challenges into trusted, scalable architectures—especially in regulated industries like financial services, public safety, and government. At Senzing, he is focused on growing a global ecosystem of partners and embedding entity resolution into the foundation of next-generation AI and GenAI solutions.

A published author, frequent keynote speaker, and former global head of data at Dun & Bradstreet, Gurpinder blends strategic vision with deep operational insight to help organizations unlock value from clean, resolved identity data.

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Ian is the Chief Revenue Officer at Neudata, where he heads the Client Engagement group, as well as its busy programme of events. He has spent the last seven years helping asset managers, investment banks and retailers to get value out of traditional and alternative data.

Prior to that, Ian's experience encompassed analytical and commercial roles at Vodafone, Bank of Scotland and Liberty Mutual. Ian holds an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oxford, and a Saltire Fellowship in Entrepreneurship from Babson College, Massachusetts.

Jamie Foss leads Strategic Alliance Go-to-Market execution with Data Provider partners at Senzing, the first AI built specifically for Entity Resolution. In this role, he works with partners to help make their datasets easier to integrate and operationalize in solutions supporting investment research, risk analysis, and data-driven decision-making - such as mapping corporate ownership, uncovering hidden relationships across entities, and improving data quality for model development.

Jamie’s background spans technology, government, and defense - giving him a unique perspective on how trusted data and entity insight drive decisions in both mission-critical and commercial environments. Prior to Senzing, he helped scale strategic partnerships at Couchbase (NASDAQ: BASE) in the lead-up to its IPO and began his private-sector career with workforce software leader UKG. He holds an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology and previously served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Jamie is a Managing Director in the State Street Data Intelligence team. In this role, Jamie acts as a Product Engineer to evaluate new data and analytic products and lead the go-to-market strategies and client engagement globally.

Jamie is based outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and joined State Street in 2017 as part of State Street Global Exchange before moving to Global Markets from 2019 to 2025. Prior to joining State Street, Jamie managed global sales and marketing for Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and has over two decades of experience in institutional sales and investment banking with Morgan Stanley, Susquehanna International Group, Cowen and Company, and Raymond James.

Jamie earned a Bachelor of Science from Drexel University, a Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and holds FINRA Series 3, 7, and 63 licenses.

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Joe Cappitelli is General Manager & SVP for Dow Jones Newswires, leading commercial initiatives for Dow Jones’s real-time financial news and data business. Joe heads up a global team of business managers, content strategists, and technical account managers, managing a solution suite which includes news, data, research and analytics.

Joe has also previously served as General Manager for Factiva, Dow Jones’ industry leading B2B Business Intelligence platform, overseeing both its core franchise as well as Factiva Analytics and Curation Services.

Joe earned a B.S in Accounting from Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT, and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN.

Jonathan Kay is CEO of Apptopia, where he leads the strategic direction and daily operations of the company. A mobile industry pioneer, he built Apptopia in 2011 to bring transparency to the app ecosystem by making consumer behavior signals more accessible to the investment community. Kay is a compelling storyteller who has a knack for translating data into clear and actionable investment signals. He has a passion for the people around him, professional sports, and devising efficient processes.