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About
Kaivan Sattar is the founder and CEO of Asaak, a fintech company launched in June 2016 that provides asset financing in Uganda and Mexico. He previously worked as a data scientist at the fintech lending firm Kiavi and as a quant at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His areas of focus include machine learning, data science, econometrics, and risk analysis.
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Experience
- AsaakCEO, Foundercurrent2016 — presentKampala, Uganda; Guadalajara, Mexico
- FinTech SchoolInstructorcurrent2017 — present
- KiaviData Scientist2016 — 2017San Francisco
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSenior Model Developer2014 — 2016New York, NY
- Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkSenior Research Analyst2012 — 2014New York, NY
- Innovations for Poverty ActionResearch Intern2011Lucknow and Kolkata, India
- B.A.S.I.C.S INTERNATIONALIntern2010Accra, Ghana
- Sanctuary for FamiliesEconomic Empowerment Intern2009New York, NY
- BRAC and Grameen BankIndependent Researcher2009Dhaka, Bangladesh
Skills & more
Research38Data Analysis34Statistics24Development Economics8Machine Learning4Natural Language Processing2Data Science1Economics18Policy Analysis11Public Policy11Macroeconomics8Community Outreach9
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PolicyFinancial AnalysisPolitical ScienceFundraisingQualitative ResearchInternational RelationsProgram ManagementEconometricsPythonRMATLABStataLanguages Ateso · Bengali · English · Hindi · Luganda · Spanish · Urdu
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- Who is Kaivan Sattar?
- Kaivan Sattar is the founder and CEO of Asaak, a fintech company launched in June 2016 that provides asset financing in Uganda and Mexico. He previously worked as a data scientist at the fintech lending firm Kiavi and as a quant at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His areas of focus include machine learning, data science, econometrics, and risk analysis.
- Where does Kaivan Sattar work?
- Kaivan Sattar is Founder of Asaak.
- What companies did Kaivan Sattar found?
- Kaivan Sattar founded Asaak.
- Where did Kaivan Sattar go to school?
- Kaivan Sattar studied at Columbia Engineering (Master of Science (MS), Operations Research); New York University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics & Economics).
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Columbia Engineering mafia46
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Shared employers
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