Watson Ξ
Chief Executive Officer at Arboreal AI
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolWatson Ξ is a CEO and AI leader with a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UC Davis and 20+ years applying AI/ML to real-world problems, including 10 years focused on health tech. He scaled early-stage teams into acquisitions twice and led AI/ML at Ginger and Headspace, embedding data science into product squads to deliver personalization and habit-driven behavioral health at scale. At Arboreal AI he’s building Cedar, a generative-AI copilot for adults with ADHD that adapts to individual habits and is currently in alpha. His background spans hands-on algorithm development for FDA-regulated wearables, cloud-native data pipelines, and practical LLM applications to mental health since 2019. Watson combines academic rigor from MIT and a history of engineering-first leadership with a talent for translating experimental models into cost-efficient production systems and measurable engagement wins. He’s passionate about small, scalable shifts in physiology and behavior that aggregate into large improvements in human and planetary well-being.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Applied Mathematics, PhD Applied Mathematics at University of California, DavisBachelor's Degrees Brain and Cognitive Science Philosophy, Bachelor's Degrees Brain and Cognitive Science Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCognitive and Computing Sciences Philosophy, Cognitive and Computing Sciences Philosophy at University of Sussex
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Github Skills (49)
datasets9
financial-markets8
forex8
python8
forex-trading8
vue8
nuxt8
finance8
text-annotation8
backtesting-trading-strategies8
data-labeling8
jupyter8
trading8
trading-algorithms7
data-science7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
watsonix/HRV-BLE-Cordova
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 4 months
hrvdata-loggingcross-platformlogging
watsonix/TTC2018_Nuts_and_Bolts
Oct 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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