Andrew Abbott
Model Validator Senior
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Abbott is a Model Validator Senior with a decade of experience applying economics, actuarial science, and data science to validate and strengthen quantitative models for financial and compliance risk. He has a proven track record at USAA and Santander building, optimizing, and migrating analytical frameworks—especially in compliance monitoring, dealer/customer risk scoring, and complaints systems—while owning end-to-end model governance. Comfortable translating complex statistical results into clear visualizations and reports, he bridges technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders to drive actionable insights. His background includes actuarial reserve reengineering and a Data Science MS from SMU, reflecting a rare blend of theorical rigor and practical model implementation. Unusually for a model validator, he’s also pursued theological graduate study, signaling a disciplined curiosity and ethical grounding that inform his analytical judgment.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.) Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.) Economics at University of HoustonMaster's degree Theology/Theological Studies, Master's degree Theology/Theological Studies at Hellenic College Holy CrossMaster of Science (M.S.) Data Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Data Science at Southern Methodist UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Political Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics Political Science at Texas Christian University
Github Skills (10)
tidymodels8
tibble8
tidyverse8
tidy7
dplyr6
r6
frame5
python4
r-package4
modeling2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ReasonFoundation/reasontheme
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
ReasonFoundation/R-sandbox
Sep 2018 - Oct 2019
Fall 2018 Quant project
Contributions:44 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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