Amanda Vizedom is a seasoned ontology and semantic systems leader with 12+ years of applied experience and a Ph.D. in Philosophy, now directing Data Observability engineering at UBS. She has designed, deployed, and operationalized knowledge models across health, defense, atmospheric science, consumer products, and finance, consistently bridging domain experts and technical teams. Her career spans senior roles at Credit Suisse and Cycorp plus co-founding a semantic consulting firm, demonstrating both hands-on modeling and strategic program delivery. Amanda is drawn to projects that unify multiple knowledge communities, and her background in formal logic and teaching gives her a rare ability to translate rigorous conceptual frameworks into practical, interoperable data solutions.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.A., Philosophy, M.A., Philosophy at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
B.A. (High Hons), Major in Philosophy, Minor in Mathematics, B.A. (High Hons), Major in Philosophy, Minor in Mathematics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
The Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) defines the sets of things that are of interest in financial business applications and the ways that those things can relate to one another. In this way, FIBO can give meaning to any data (e.g., spreadsheets, relational databases, XML documents) that describe the business of finance.
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Amanda Vizedom - Director - Data Observability Data Engineer