About
Alon Stern is the founder and CEO of TurnStay, a travel payments company focused on reducing the cost of cross-border card processing. He previously founded Slide Financial and led the data team at Prodigy Finance, and earlier developed climate models at Princeton University's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He holds a PhD in mathematics and oceanography from NYU's Courant Institute and has authored 17 published papers as a PhD candidate and postdoc at Princeton University.
Founder at Turnstay
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Experience
- TurnStayFoundercurrent2022 β present
- Base13Data Consultant2022 β 2024Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Prodigy FinanceHead of Data and Analytics2020 β 2022
- Prodigy FinanceData Scientist2020 β 2022Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Prodigy FinanceData Engineer2019 β 2020Cape Town Area, South Africa
- SlideFounder2017 β 2020Cape Town South Africa
- Princeton UniversityPostdoctoral Research Fellow2015 β 2016Princeton
- New York UniversityPhD in Applied Mathematics2009 β 2014
Skills & more
LeadershipInfrastructure3Data Science1Data Management1Mathematical Modeling5Python5Software Development5Applied Mathematics4Physical Oceanography3Matlab3Fortran3Data Analysis3
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EntrepreneurshipPython (Programming Language)MATLABData EngineeringResearchTechnical PresentationsMathematicsData AnalyticsSoftware Engineering PracticesProject ManagementClimate Modeling- AWS Certified Machine Learning β Specialty β Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone) β Coursera
- Prediction and Control with Function Approximation β Coursera
- Sample-based Learning Methods β Coursera
- Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning β Coursera
- Reinforcement Learning Specialization β Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alon Stern?
- Alon Stern is the founder and CEO of TurnStay, a travel payments company focused on reducing the cost of cross-border card processing. He previously founded Slide Financial and led the data team at Prodigy Finance, and earlier developed climate models at Princeton University's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He holds a PhD in mathematics and oceanography from NYU's Courant Institute and has authored 17 published papers as a PhD candidate and postdoc at Princeton University.
- Where does Alon Stern work?
- Alon Stern is Founder of Turnstay.
- What companies did Alon Stern found?
- Alon Stern founded Turnstay.
- Where did Alon Stern go to school?
- Alon Stern studied at Princeton University (Postdoctural Researcher, Oceanography); New York University.
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