Summary
Slava Frid is an experienced technology and product leader with 11 years in senior roles and a 20+-year engineering pedigree, currently serving as SVP of Product Innovation at Active International where he builds products across advertising, marketing, and barter ecosystems. He previously led technology and data science platforms as CTO at WorldQuant Predictive, deploying ML models to quantify macro and tactical impacts on sales while optimizing training costs and throughput. A hands-on architect and manager, he has scaled teams from small data science groups to 30+ consultant organizations and launched enterprise-grade products across media, banking, and public-sector clients. His background spans founding a storage-software startup, deep IBM-era enterprise experience, and repeatedly turning analytics into commercial products such as predictive media-buying platforms. Based in New York with dual Wharton and UPenn training in economics and computer science, he combines business rigor with technical depth to deliver measurable impact. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of bridging legacy enterprise stacks and modern ML platforms to unlock new revenue streams.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BSE, Computer Science, BSE, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
BSE, Economics, BSE, Economics at The Wharton School
Russian