Anthony Jakob
Director, International, Field Analytics
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Jakob is a director-level analytics leader blending eight years of software engineering, AI research and commercial strategy to drive AI-enabled transformation in life sciences. Currently leading International Field Analytics at Novartis, he pairs hands-on technical depth—from building mobile apps and data platforms to extensions of reinforcement learning—with practical experience scaling commercial operations and RWE initiatives from his time at McKinsey. His academic work in computational neuroscience and novel RL/working-memory theory informs a rigorous, research-driven approach to product and analytics design. Comfortable moving between code, clinical data systems and boardroom strategy, he has a track record of building teams, shipping cross-platform products and deploying secure patient registries in regulated environments. Notably, he combines enterprise impact with a maker’s mindset—having led end-to-end development of a consumer app and production analytics tooling—making him effective at turning complex research into operational solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaMaster of Engineering - MEng Life Sciences Engineering Minor in Computational Neurosciences, Master of Engineering - MEng Life Sciences Engineering Minor in Computational Neurosciences at EPFLMaster's degree Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Master's degree Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School
German, French, English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (1)
java1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
antjak/st-ng
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
DAG-EPFL/weekly-challenges-21-spring
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:20 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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