Summary
Dasten Turlin is a Senior Data Scientist based in Dubai with eight years of quantitative and machine learning experience across fintech, retail, and startups, currently driving data science at Oliver Wyman. He blends hands-on quant research and production deployment—ranging from index backtesting and trade execution to GPT-powered match recaps—bringing practical end-to-end delivery to complex problems. Comfortable in both research and engineering roles, he has moved models into production at banks and startups and helped a recruitment AI finalist raise seed funding. Trained in economics and computational science, Dasten pairs rigorous analytical thinking with curiosity about GenAI and ML engineering, positioning him to translate novel models into business impact.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, 5.0/5.0, High School Diploma, 5.0/5.0 at Karaganda Bilim-Innovation School (former KTL)
Master's degree, Computational Science, Master's degree, Computational Science at Astana IT University
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Bachelor's degree, Economics at Nazarbayev University
English, Russian, Kazakh, Turkish