César Olea
Lead Data Scientist - Vice President
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolCésar Olea is a Lead Data Scientist and Vice President at J.P. Morgan’s Center for Economic Analysis with nine years of applied data science and policy experience bridging academic economics and production analytics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard and has taught as an assistant professor at Columbia, bringing rigorous causal inference and evaluation methods to industry problems. His career spans government analytics roles in Mexico, impact evaluation at the Inter-American Development Bank, and senior data science leadership at Catalist and Capital One, reflecting fluency in both public-sector policy and high-stakes financial environments. Known for turning complex socioeconomic questions into actionable models, he blends academic rigor with product-oriented delivery and a track record of scaling data-driven decision-making. An uncommon asset is his deep policy background paired with hands-on production experience, enabling him to translate research-grade insights directly into enterprise risk and economic forecasting workflows.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Political Science, Master’s Degree Political Science at New York UniversityMaster’s Degree Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences, Master’s Degree Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences at Columbia UniversityPolitical Science, Political Science at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Spanish, English, Italian, French
Github Skills (8)
probability9
statistics8
python7
economics7
machine-learning6
data-science5
matlab1
toolbox1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jm4474/SVARIV
Jul 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:138 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 10 months
jm4474/Courses-IntroEconometrics-Ph.D
Sep 2018 - Oct 2021
This course provides a graduate level introduction to probability and statistics. The course was designed for economists starting their doctoral education. Edits, comments, and suggestions are welcome.
Contributions:120 commits, 4 PRs, 89 pushes in 3 years 1 month
statisticspythonprobability-and-statisticssuggestionsdata-science
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