Summary
Josep Ruiz is a Director of Data Science at Nasdaq with nine years of experience bridging machine learning, software engineering, and financial markets. He progressed through senior technical and managerial roles at Nasdaq since 2020, now combining strategic leadership with hands-on modeling and product delivery. Josep also teaches data and ML for financial markets at Tufts and serves on Johns Hopkins' Center for Leadership Education advisory board, reflecting a commitment to translating industry practice into education and governance. His background in aerospace and operations research provides a rigorous, physics-informed approach to problem solving and algorithm design that he brings to market-facing analytics. Outside work he balances analytical rigor with interests in reading, film, and sports, and he is candid that his viewpoints are independently held.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Double Degree in Aerospace Engineering & Industrial Engineering, Double Degree in Aerospace Engineering & Industrial Engineering at CFIS-UPC
Master of Science in Engineering / Industrial Management, Operations Research, Master of Science in Engineering / Industrial Management, Operations Research at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
English, French, Catalan, Spanish