People

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Faculty

Stefania Albanesi, MQE Faculty
Stefania Albanesi, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Claire Duquennois, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Andreas Ferrara, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
David Huffman, MQE Faculty
David Huffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Anastasia Lopez, M.A.
Faculty Instructor and Director of MQE Career Development & Recruitment
Marily Nixon, MQE Faculty
Marily Nixon, J.D.
Professor of the Practice at Pitt Law
Luca Rigotti, MQE Faculty
Luca Rigotti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Kevin Shaver, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Undergraduate Advisor
Richard van Weelden, MQE Faculty
Richard van Weelden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
Randall Walsh, MQE Director
Randall Walsh, Ph.D.
MQE Director and Professor of Economics
Alistair Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics

Program Staff

Brian Deutsch, M.Ed.
Program Manager
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Students

Tesfa Asefa
Victoria Burford
James Callahan
Andrew Kerzak
Megan Kveragas
Jeff Liu
Jake Matthews
Shreiya Venkatesan
Jingchuan Wang

Advisory Board

Bruce Childers, MQE Advisory Board
Bruce Childers, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean in the School of Computing and Information and Special Assistant to Provost for Data Science, University of Pittsburgh
Kathryn Collins, MQE Advisory Board
Kathryn Collins, Ph.D.
Chief Analytics Officer, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Tony DeLuca, MQE Advisory Board
Anthony DeLuca
Director, Consulting Services at CGI
Andrea DeVries, MQE Advisory Board
Andrea DeVries, Ph.D.
Staff Vice President for Health Services Research, Elevance
David Duffus, MQE Advisory Board
David Duffus
Partner, HKA
Steve Economou, MQE Advisory Board
Steve Economou
Principal, Grassi
Ilya Goldin, MQE Advisory Board
Ilya Goldin, Ph.D.
Principle Data Scientist, Phenom People
Andy Hannah, MQE Advisory Board
Andy Hannah
President and Co-Founder - Othot LLC, A Liaison Company; Adjunct Professor of Analytics, University of Pittsburgh
Scott Kinross, MQE Advisory Board
Scott Kinross
Senior Vice President, Head of Advanced Analytics, Optimization and Automation, PNC
Will Lewis
Chief Data Officer, Sheetz
Linda Loubert, MQE Advisory Board
Linda Loubert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Morgan State University
Manoj Mishra, MQE Advisory Board
Manoj Mishra
Vice President, Financial Services at CGI
Heidi Norman
Acting Director & CIO at City of Pittsburgh, Innovation & Performance
Bhavini Patel, MQE Advisory Board
Bhavini Patel
CEO & Founder, Beam Data
Jerry Paytas, MQE Advisory Board
Jerry Paytas, Ph.D.
Vice President of Analytics, Fourth Economy
Claude Setodji, MQE Advisory Board
Claude Setodji, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician, Rand Corporation
Christina Stacy, MQE Advisory Board
Christina Stacy, Ph.D.
Economist, Urban Institute
Naomi Stein
Principal at EBP
Sundeep Tangirala
VP Consulting Expert, CGI
Sam Ventura, MQE Advisory Board
Sam Ventura, Ph.D.
Vice President, Hockey Strategy and Research, Buffalo Sabres
Marvin Ward, Ph.D.
Research Scientist/Engineer, New Analytic Approaches, UBS
Ben Wilson
Founder & CEO, Rivers Agile

Mentors

Rachael Agnello
Data Analyst, Sheetz // MQE Alum, 2022
Abdel Begic, MQE Mentor
Abdel Begic
Performance Analyst, Finance & Operations at RoadRunner Recycling
Blessy Bellamy, MQE Mentor
Blessy Bellamy
Experience Research Manager, Highmark
Ashton Black, MQE Mentor
Ashton Black
Data Scientist, OThot, Inc.
Rachel Cawley, MQE Mentor
Rachel Cawley
Business Analyst, UPMC Enterprises
Alex T. Dalla Piazza, MQE Mentor
Alex T. Dalla Piazza
Data Scientist, EQT Corporation
David Denne, MQE Mentor
David Denne
Credit Risk Solutions Specialist, Moody's Analytics
Joshua Dixon
Joshua Dixon
Financial Analyst, DAI Management Consulting // MQE Alum, 2021
Adam Duvall
Adam Duvall
Senior Associate I Data Analyst, Crew // MQE Alum, 2021
Liam Flood
Junior Data Analyst, Cobbs Creek Healthcare // MQE Alum, 2022
Anthony Garuccio, MQE Mentor
Anthony Garuccio
Venture Data Scientist, numo llc
Jack Glasl, MQE Mentor
Jack Glasl
Analyst, Deloitte Consulting
Sumanyu Gupta, MQE Mentor
Sumanyu Gupta
Machine Learning Engineer at SEI | ETC
Jacob Humble
Financial Analyst, FedEx Ground // MQE Alum, 2021
Rhiannon Jacobs, MQE Mentor
Rhiannon Jacobs
Affordable Housing Specialist, HUD
Joseph Karbowski
Data Scientist, PNC // MQE Alum, 2022
Max Kneis
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Benjamin Kobrin, MQE Mentor
Benjamin Kobrin
Asset Manager, Omni NY, LLC
Kiersten Kochanowski
Data Scientist, Highmark Health // MQE Alum, 2022
Gabrielle Lazzaro, MQE Mentor
Gabrielle Lazzaro
Senior Analyst II, Digital Media Analytics at Merkle
Samantha Levinson, MQE Mentor
Samantha Levinson
Manager of Advanced Analytics, Allegheny Health Choices, Inc.
Zheru Liu, MQE Mentor
Zheru Liu
Senior Investment Analyst, UPMC
Kim Lucas, CPM
Assistant Director, Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, City of Pittsburgh
Chengying Luo, MQE Mentor
Chengying Luo, Ph.D.
Sr. Data Scientist, Instacart
Josh McCarty, MQE Mentor
Josh MacCarty
VP, Director Data Science, 9 Rooftops Marketing
Kevin McCarthy, MQE Mentor
Kevin McCarthy
Director of Analytics and Decision Support, Slippery Rock University
Alyssa McHoes
Alyssa McHoes
Researcher, Fors Marsh Group // MQE Alum, 2021
Tricia McMahon
Tricia McMahon
Manager, Global Business Operations Analytics, Hitachi Vantara // MQE Alum, 2021
Laura Meixell, MQE Mentor
Laura Meixell
Enterprise Data Architect, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Kofi A. Mensah
Financial Analyst, Amazon // MQE Alum, 2022
Will Mischler, MQE Mentor
Will Mischler
Data Research Analyst, Civiqs
Ian Morrall, MQE Mentor
Ian Morrall, Ph.D.
Economist, Lewin Group
Natalee Morris, MQE Mentor
Natalee Morris
Assistant Data Science, Moody's Analytics; // MQE Alum, 2021
Dorcas Munoko
Data Scientist, Machine Learning Projects, // MQE Alum, 2022
Kayko Ohkawa
Kayko Ohkawa
Data Scientist, PNC; MQE Alumni 2021
Gayatri Pai
Gayatri Pai
Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton; MQE Alumni 2021
Gwynneth Perisse
Consultant, Deloitte
Mason Putt
Financial Analyst, DAI Consulting; // MQE Alum, 2021
Nicholas Reslink, MQE Mentor
Nicholas Reslink
Senior Quantitative Analyst and Modeling Analyst, PNC
Jack Rossi, MQE Mentor
Jack Rossi
Data Scientist, pulseData
Rishi Sadhir, MQE Mentor
Rishi Sadhir
Applied Sciences & Data Science, Uber grocery
Jon Santavy, MQE Mentor
Jon Santavy
Partner, Simwell
Spencer Segal
Spencer T. Segal
Associate Economist, Moody's Analytics; MQE Alumni 2021
Scott Shohen, MQE Mentor
Scott Shohen
Partner, FluidEdge Life Sciences
Emma Stapleton, MQE Mentor
Emma Stapleton
Senior Data Scientist, Actium Health
Milan Stefanelli
Data Analyst, Red Ventures // MQE Alum, 2022
Max Thompson
Max Thompson
Senior Revenue Science Analyst, FedEx; MQE Alumni 2021
Charles Tyler
Charles Tyler
Senior System Analyst, City of Pittsburgh: MQE Alumni 2021
John Uihlein
Consultant, Ryan, LLC // MQE Alum, 2022
Linnea Warren May, MQE Mentor
Linnea Warren May
Associate Policy Researcher, Rand Corporation
Jiayi Zhang
Jiayi Zhang
Sales & Trading, CICC // MQE Alum, 2021
Xiaoxi Zhao, MQE Mentor
Xiaoxi Zhao, Ph.D.
Economist, Amazon
Yuxi Zhou
Analyst, Econ One Research // MQE Alum, 2022