Leadership in AI and Data & Analytics

Helping asset managers, broker-dealers, and fintechs implement practical data governance, analytics, and AI strategies that drive decisions.

MIT Sloan MBA · 10+ years in financial services, data and analytics

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What I typically deliver

  • • Data governance operating model & data quality controls
  • • Collibra enablement: glossary, dictionary, lineage, stewardship
  • • Analytics modernization: SQL/Python pipelines, Power BI/Tableau
  • • AI/LLM advisory: use-case discovery, risk & controls, RAG patterns
  • • Change management and adoption in complex enterprises
Trusted by teams in
Asset Management
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Banking
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FinTech
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Defense
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Services

Data Governance & Quality

Operating model, roles, policy, controls, data culture uplift.

Collibra Acceleration

Glossary, data dictionary, lineage, workflows, adoption playbooks.

Analytics & Reporting

KPIs, semantic layers, SQL/Python pipelines, Power BI/Tableau dashboards.

AI & LLM Advisory

Use-case discovery, retrieval quality, governance, risk & controls.

Selected Work

Global Broker-Dealer
Firm‑wide data governance program and data culture campaign.
Bank ALM Advisory
Client-facing data portal; data quality monitoring in SQL/Python.
ML/AI Startup
Go-to-market for asset management; exec dashboards and KPIs.

About Benjamin

Data-centric leader with extensive experience managing teams and game-changing projects in complex companies. Excellent at designing and implementing data management, governance and reporting initiatives in financial services organizations. Deep experience in change management, finance, and asset managers / broker dealers. Active security clearance.