Johnย Navarro
Chief Financial Officer at University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Navarro is a CFO, data scientist, and former global macro trader with 10+ years of experience blending quantitative finance, analytics, and strategic leadership to drive profitable growth. He currently leads finance and analytics at John Burns Construction Company while teaching applied data science at the University of Chicago, translating advanced time-series forecasting and ML techniques into board-level decisions. Previously he built and scaled data-driven trading strategies and enterprise analytics programs at McKinsey, Accenture, and Krogerโs 84.51ห, delivering multi-hundred-million dollar transformation and hedging initiatives. Comfortable moving between code, models, and C-suite strategy, heโs known for turning complex commodity and treasury risks into pragmatic financing and product solutions. Notably, he pairs formal training (MSc Applied Data Science) with hands-on algorithmic trading experience to bridge academic methods and real-world financial performance.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Applied Data Science, Master of Science (MSc), Applied Data Science at The University of ChicagoBA, Economics, BA, Economics at University of ChicagoProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jfnavarro21/Financial-Analytics
Jun 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
jfnavarro21/MSCA_Python_R
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:75 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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