Summary
Aaron Mcguire is an Associate Principal and lending executive with 10+ years of hands-on experience designing risk, valuation, and compliance models for clients ranging from small lenders to top-5 banks. Based in Richmond, VA, he leads multiple project workstreams, manages a high-performing data science team, and drives business development and recruiting efforts for 2nd Order Solutions. A former Capital One data science manager, he blends applied credit lifecycle expertise with advanced analytics—leveraging Python at work, R in academic settings, and TypeScript for personal projects. He has a proven track record pushing technical capabilities through R&D and building scalable model-monitoring and map/reduce feature pipelines. Outside of finance he launched a widely read NBA analytics blog and produced a 370-essay player series that drew national media attention, reflecting a long-standing habit of turning quantitative curiosity into widely consumed storytelling.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Statistical Science, BS Statistical Science at Duke University
Spanish, Russian