Powerlytics' Senior Management Team

A former audit and advisory partner at KPMG, Kevin was a financial services specialist earlier in his career. Significant milestones include the development of a global risk assessment tool used for bank audits, an information-based internet joint venture focused on financial services, and building KPMG’s global knowledge management group as well as leading KPMG’s regional risk management practice. Kevin was also a VP & Managing Partner of Global Business Operations at Unisys and ran his own consulting business. Kevin has also served on numerous non-profit boards throughout his career and currently serves as Chairman of Tabor Children Services, a multi-family child welfare agency. He also spent 15 years coaching youth in competitive basketball programs.

Jose is a former assistant professor of accounting, finance, and strategic management at the Fox School of Business, Temple University and was also an assistant professor of economics at SUNY Buffalo. He has been using the same datasets around which Powerlytics has been founded for academic research purposes and in consulting work to various government agencies and the private sector for 10 years. Jose has a BS in Management Science, Information Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management, a BS in Economics from MIT and a Ph.D., in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Leon Podolsky is a technology and business leader with a proven 25+ year track-record of creating market-leading products and mission-critical systems, repeated formation of peak-performing technology teams, and successful business launches and exits. including an IPO and multiple acquisitions. Under his technology leadership, SnapOne, Inc., was one of the first companies to successfully monetize mobile subscribers. Leon is also a data science pioneer who created the industry’s first data modeling tool, ERwin, as co-founder and CTO of Logic Works, Inc., leading to a successful IPO and subsequent sale to Computer Associates. Leon holds a BSE from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Joe is a veteran entrepreneur and has over 30 years of experience in technology services and operations with strong experience in high-growth organizations. Previously, Joe was with Exclaim, Inc. where he served as SVP of Technical Operations and Professional Services. While there, he successfully architected, delivered and supported complete SaaS software platforms to clients such as Adobe Systems, Disney Mobile, and Earthlink. Joe attended Rutgers College for Computer Science; is a member of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, International Project Management Association and the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management.

Mark is an experienced outsourced CFO for early stage companies with expertise in raising capital, financial modeling and forecasting, developing strategic business plans, financial controls & oversight, as well as accounting & bookkeeping services. Mark began his career at Ernst & Young, where he left as an Audit Manager and went on to hold several corporate senior management roles in finance and strategy prior to founding Brady Financial Group in 2005. Mark received his B.S. in Accounting from Saint Joseph’s University.

Scott has over 28 years of technical and business experience in both customer facing and corporate technology roles.  He spent almost 20 years at Microsoft Corporation in Group Program Manager and Director roles where he was responsible for leading the teams who designed the first version of the Visual Studio.Net development environment, and the team who created the first Windows Live developer SDK and partner program.  Scott received multiple patents for this design work on the Visual Studio.NET user interface and help system.  He also has extensive experience designing cloud service business models gained through his tenure as Director of Product Planning for the Windows Live Services Platform. Scott majored in Political Science at the University of South Carolina.

Liza was a lecturer in finance at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, and worked as an Economist for the Centre for Economic and Financial Research, Russia. She has a B.A. in Economics from Moscow State University, an M.A. in Economics from the New Economic School, Russia and has a Ph.D. in economics with a specialization in econometrics from Boston College.

Mike is an economist specializing in health economics, industrial organization, public policy, and taxation. He previously worked as a Senior Economist at Columbia Economics, L.L.C. and as a Research Assistant for Europe Economics in London, U.K. Michael holds a B.S. degree in Economics (summa cum laude) from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and an M.A. degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Economics.

Prior to joining Powerlytics, Ray was at Tap Investments Advisors focused on quantitative investment strategy development across a broad range of US equity and Chinese equity markets. Tianyong Cheng graduated from Columbia University with a M.A. degree in Statistics.

Patrick brings over 20 years of successful software development, analytic consulting and sales experience to his role at Powerlytics. Previously, he served as Director, Strategic Accounts at ACI Worldwide and Senior Partner at FICO, where he was responsible for global account management for one of the World’s largest banks. Prior to this, he was a Principal Consultant as American Management Systems where he served in Senior Developer, Engagement Manager and Senior Sales Executive roles for financial services customers across the United States. Patrick also served 10 years in the United States Army as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant. Patrick earned a BBA in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University and a post graduate certification in Organizational Development & Change Management from Georgetown University. Patrick lives in Hockessin, DE with his wife and two children and serves on the board of the Piedmont Baseball & Softball League.

Wendy has nearly 20 years of data and analytics experience in the Property and Casualty insurance industry. Her most recent position was as Director of Homeowners Product Development for the Denver-based data and analytics company, Valen Analytics. Prior to Valen, Wendy spent 12 years at Allstate Insurance Company, 7 years of Actuarial Pricing in their Northbrook, IL home office and 5 years of Agency Sales Management in New York City. Wendy specializes in solving challenging business problems by using valuable data sources to build predictive analytic solutions. Wendy earned her B.A and B.S degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in Applied Mathematics and Business Finance.

William brings 33 years of product development, analytics and innovative solutions to Powerlytics.  Most recently, William worked for Equifax Workforce Solutions managing the solution for the Affordable Care Act and all data assets within Workforce solutions.  William designed and developed Equifax’s entry into the Internet in 2000 (ePORT ®) and worked on many other significant applications with in Equifax.  Prior to Equifax, William worked at D&B. He had responsibility for most online and offline applications, such as Dunslink®, Duns Reference Plus ® and assort off-line applications. In his last years at D&B, he was responsible for Business Development for the SE Region and led development efforts for several expert systems.  William has BSc from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Vidya is a financial economist specializing in municipal finance, empirical corporate finance and applied microeconomics.  She has a Ph.D. in Finance from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She previously worked as a Research Intern at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Indian School of Business. She has an M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, India.