My Data Story

There and back again: A Data Journey

Hi, I’m Stephen, a data professional with eight years of experience in data analytics across financial and nonprofit sectors.

I began my data journey on Wall St. at a hedge fund whose primary strategy was trading mortgage derivatives. I started in mortgage research and got to hone my skills in the fundamentals of data analytics—writing custom scripts in Python to create data pipelines, creating and cleaning large datasets for time-series forecasting using SQL and SAS, and exploring mortgage prepayment data to look for trading edges. As a research analyst, I created reports for our portfolio management team to help them make data-driven trading decisions.

A few years in, I joined the portfolio management team after developing a deep understanding of the business and mortgage derivatives. I continued to work on creating analytics tools to help our team take advantage of trading opportunities while managing our portfolio's risk and contributing to our firm's P&L. At the same time, I developed a strong interest in theological studies and eventually decided to pursue grad school.

After grad school, I joined Centerwell Senior Primary Care, a collection of clinics that aims to improve the wellbeing and health of senior citizens. Here I found a place where my technical skills could be used to do good for those around me.

I love a complete, clean dataset. But more than that, I love using data to help businesses and organizations achieve their goals. If you'd like to work together, let's connect!