Summary
Joey Bortfeld is a data scientist and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building predictive models and analytics for financial markets, now co-founding QML Solutions in New York. He spent nearly two decades at CreditSights leading end-to-end quantitative research for corporate credit, developing default probability models, credit ratings, liquidity and transaction-cost forecasts, and AI-driven recommendation systems used by institutional clients. Joey combines rigorous academic training—MS in Computer Science and certifications in quantitative finance and deep learning—with practical product delivery, including web apps for macro and sector analysis and client-facing tools. He has a track record of translating academic research into production-grade models and actionable portfolio insights that inform both risk management and sales strategy. Known for distilling complex credit signals into usable analytics, he also brings cross-disciplinary fluency from self-driving car and deep learning nanodegrees that broaden his modeling toolkit.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Nanodegree Self-driving Car Technology, Nanodegree Self-driving Car Technology at Udacity
Certification Mathematical and Computational Finance, Certification Mathematical and Computational Finance at Certificate in Quantitative Finance
BA Economics Politics Math (minor), BA Economics Politics Math (minor) at New York University