Summary
Margit Zwemer is an applied compute leader with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems at the intersection of finance, machine learning, and large-scale compute. Currently Head of Applied Compute at flexgrid.cloud, she previously led AI/ML and big-data initiatives for systematic strategies at BlackRock and co-founded LiquidLandscape, a fast interactive data-exploration startup serving finance and healthcare. Her background as a quantitative trader and Financial Engineering master from Haas gives her a rare blend of production ML, low-latency trading systems, and product-driven entrepreneurship. She excels at turning complex empirical distributions into interactive tooling—a skill honed shipping LL Notebook after a Techstars-backed accelerator run—and she brings practical research instincts from award-winning mathematical work at Stanford. Based in San Francisco, Margit combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical depth to operationalize advanced analytics at scale.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The Paideia School
Master's degree Financial Engineering, Master's degree Financial Engineering at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
BS Mathematics Honors, BS Mathematics Honors at Stanford University