Jike Chong's guest appearances

Jike Chong

Private Equity Technology Podcast

David Carlson

Lisa Weaver-Lambert

Jeff Piper

Doug Laney

Riccardo Basile

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Data science already is, or will be, a key factor in the success of your investing. In this episode of The Private Equity Technology Podcast, we spoke with Jike Chong, Chief Data Scientist at Acorns, a startup focused on building tools for micro-investing. Jike joined to set the record straight on what data science actually is and where you can be looking to deploy it both pre- and post-acquisition. He has extensive experience building data science teams and practices in Financial Services, including a stint at Silver Lake. Our conversation covered many topics, including: * Potential applications of data science during the PE process and within portfolio companies. * Where to place capability and how to recruit and train skill sets* The challenges in getting data sources that are reliable and useful, and how to start unlocking for value creationJike Chong is on LinkedIn: bit.ly/jike-chongThis episode is co-hosted with Lisa Weaver-Lambert.

Data science already is, or will be, a key factor in the success of your investing. In this episode of The Private Equity Technology Podcast, we spoke with Jike Chong, Chief Data Scientist at Acorns, a startup focused on building tools for micro-investing. Jike joined to set the record straight on what data science actually is and where you can be looking to deploy it both pre- and post-acquisition. He has extensive experience building data science teams and practices in Financial Services, including a stint at Silver Lake. Our conversation covered many topics, including: * Potential applications of data science during the PE process and within portfolio companies. * Where to place capability and how to recruit and train skill sets * The challenges in getting data sources that are reliable and useful, and how to start unlocking for value creation Jike Chong is on LinkedIn: <a href="http://bit.ly/jike-chong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/jike-chong</a> This episode is co-hosted with Lisa Weaver-Lambert.

Episode 28 - Data Science with Jike Chong