Anna Arakelyan is a data science leader with nine years of experience turning ambiguity into production-ready frameworks and scalable analytics at major financial institutions. As Corporate Vice President and Lead Data Scientist at New York Life (and previously AVP Lead Data Scientist at MassMutual), she blends advanced quantitative economics training with hands-on model development and deployment for complex insurance and finance use cases. She has taught econometrics and applied statistics at CUNY and Queens College, developing practical coding tutorials in R, Stata, and SPSS that reflect her emphasis on reproducible, teachable solutions. Anna’s background — a PhD-level economics education and a track record in both research and applied banking—gives her a rare combination of policy-minded rigor and product-focused delivery.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Economics at The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Student Exchange Program Management and entrepreneurship, Student Exchange Program Management and entrepreneurship at Kozminski University
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