Alon Stern
Founder at TurnStay
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolAlon Stern is a second-time founder and data-driven entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building fintech and travel-payments products, currently leading TurnStay to slash cross-border card processing costs. He combines deep quantitative training—a PhD in Mathematics and Oceanography from NYU and postdoctoral climate-model work at Princeton—with hands-on startup execution, having taken Slide to profitability in three years. At Prodigy Finance he scaled data and analytics capabilities from engineering to leadership, and as a contributor to the MOM6 ocean model he has practical experience modifying core Fortran numerical code for stability and iceberg interactions. Based in the Western Cape, he blends rigorous scientific problem-solving with product and operational instincts to tackle complex payments and modeling challenges.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
New York UniversityPostdoctural Researcher, Oceanography, Postdoctural Researcher, Oceanography at Princeton University
Github Skills (8)
fortran10
climate-model10
ocean10
numerical10
ocean-modelling10
numerical-methods10
numeric10
modeling10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mom-ocean/MOM6
Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
Modular Ocean Model
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 7 PRs, 1 comment in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Alon primarily contributed to the Modular Ocean Model (MOM6) by merging code changes, specifically integrating updates from the 'dev/master' branch. Their work involved modifying core Fortran code, particularly within the Automatic Layer Entrainment (ALE) and ISOMIP initialization modules, indicating a focus on numerical modeling and grid adjustments. The changes involved adapting code to new vertical grid structures, suggesting a deep understanding of the model's underlying numerical methods. Furthermore, they addressed a bug in the ocean model, ensuring stability when running with Frazil ice formation disabled and implemented features related to iceberg interactions.
numerical-modelingocean-circulationoceanfortranocean-model
sternalon/icebergs
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:135 pushes, 39 branches, 4 comments in 2 years 4 months
gfdlclimateclimate-model
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