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About
Adam Friedman concurrently leads Atlanta Deferred Exchange (ADE1031). He spent roughly eight years at BlackRock, rising from data scientist to Director and serving as Vice President of Applied Data Science and Analytics, and earlier worked in credit analytics at Investec and mentored at Udacity.
CEO at Accretusgroup
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Experience
- Accretus GroupChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — present
- Atlanta Deferred Exchange (ADE1031)Chief Executive Officercurrent2026 — present
- BlackRockDirector2026
- BlackRockVice President, Applied Data Science and Analytics2022 — 2026
- BlackRockSenior Data Scientist, Vice President2021 — 2022
- BlackRockData Scientist, Associate2018 — 2021
- UdacityMentor2017 — 2018
- InvestecData Analyst | Credit Analytics2016 — 2017City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Cohesive CapitalFinancial Analyst2011 — 2015Cape Town
Skills & more
Technical Product ManagementGenerative AIPython (Programming Language)Agile MethodologiesProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentLeadershipProduct Road MappingProduct RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct ManagementCommunication
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Large Language Models (LLM)Gen aiPythonMachine LearningData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelR- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree (Concentration: Voice User Interfaces) — Udacity
- Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree — Udacity
- Machine Learning by Stanford University — Coursera
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder — CFA Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adam Friedman?
- Adam Friedman concurrently leads Atlanta Deferred Exchange (ADE1031). He spent roughly eight years at BlackRock, rising from data scientist to Director and serving as Vice President of Applied Data Science and Analytics, and earlier worked in credit analytics at Investec and mentored at Udacity.
- Where does Adam Friedman work?
- Adam Friedman is CEO at Accretusgroup.
- Where did Adam Friedman go to school?
- Adam Friedman studied at Boston University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Information Systems (Data Analytics concentration)); University of Cape Town (Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Financial Accounting).
Founder mafias
Boston University mafia244
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Udacity mafia112
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Aaron GoldfederIntroduction to Machine Learning NanodegreeFounded Meetingflow +2Oliver CameronVP, EngineeringFounded Everyme +1Radu MaziluIntro to Machine LearningFounded PermitPortal +1Gabe RuttnerCourse Instructor, SME - Multiple CoursesFounded Hatchet +1Sujay MaheshwariDeep LearningFounded Cloudanix +1Pedro GomesFront End Web DevelopmentFounded Reown +1
University of Cape Town mafia93
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Daniel ChalefBachelor of Business ScienceFounded KnowledgeTree +1Kiaan PillayBachelor's DegreeFounded Stitch +1Tim ChambersBAFounded Offgrid +1Laurence WattrusBSc Electro-Mechanical EngineeringFounded Hammerhead +1Sean SandersBachelor of Business Science (Hons)Founded Revix +1Karl WestvigBBusSci (Hons)Founded Redwood +1
BlackRock mafia72
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Bo LuManaging DirectorFounded FutureAdvisor +1Gus TrigosQuant, Quantitative Investment GroupFounded Runtime +1Shourya LalaSoftware EngineerFounded Third Chair +1Anand KannappanQuantitative AnalystFounded Kyber Technologies +1Vivian WangFinancial Markets Advisory Summer AnalystFounded Landed +1Xin SongPortfolio ManagerFounded Gsr
BlackRock mafia52
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Bo LuManaging DirectorFounded FutureAdvisor +1Gus TrigosQuant, Quantitative Investment GroupFounded Runtime +1Shourya LalaSoftware EngineerFounded Third Chair +1Vivian WangFinancial Markets Advisory Summer AnalystFounded Landed +1Xin SongPortfolio ManagerFounded GsrAlfred JohnsonVP, Financial Markets AdvisoryFounded Crux
Same school
Also attended Boston University548
Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJeff GrammerPartner at Rho VenturesGil GorenPartner at 83NorthJames LindenbaumCo-founder at HeavybitDave BiscegliaVenture Partner at Founder Collective
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Also attended University of Cape Town297
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesLaurel BowdenPartner at 83NorthAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAndy VitusPartner at Scale Venture PartnersErik van VlaanderenGeneral Partner at 4Di Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Accretus Group1
Also worked at BlackRock390
Cyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMaddie CoughlinInvestor at DN CapitalNeil FongManaging Director Asia at Burda Principal InvestmentsAshley ValentineChief People Officer at GreycroftAnya RajaniAssociate at Sapphire Ventures
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Also worked at Udacity34
Tilly McLainOperations and Community Manager at Uncork CapitalJihad (Jay) AlammarVenture Partner at Outliers VCAmy GuFounder and Managing Partner at Hemi Ventures, LlcJoe SaijoFounding General Partner at Counterpart VenturesMichael LangerBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoLizzie HnatiukAnalyst and AI Lead at Pender Ventures
+ 28 more
Also worked at Investec66
Andi KazeroonianPrincipal at Outward VCD'Arcy MartinHead of Platform at Outward VCDevin KohliCo-Founder and General Partner at Outward VCKevin ChongCo-Founder and General Partner at Outward VCSanchit DhotePrincipal at Outward VCSebastien MafunaInvestment Manager at Outward VC
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