Summary
Hexiang Wang is a Principal Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of experience building high-fidelity simulation and large-scale analytics systems that bridge applied mathematics, probabilistic modeling, and production ML. At Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance he has architected and productionized the TrueRisk catastrophe modeling platform and led development of GenAI agentic systems that integrate internal data, tools, and workflows for decision support and on-the-fly financial pricing. His background includes PhD-level research in earthquake soil-structure interaction and uncertainty quantification, giving him deep domain expertise that he translates into scalable, distributed analytics and performance-optimized engines. Hexiang excels at turning complex scientific models into robust engineering systems—optimizing compute, data schemas, and distributed pipelines to support multi-peril, global analyses. He is especially focused on combining modeling rigor with pragmatic ML and engineering to deliver actionable insights for underwriting and portfolio management.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Civil Engineering at University of California, Davis
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering at Tongji University