Daniel Vlad
AI & Data Science | Founder @ Cortex Alpha
- Role
- Founder at Cortex Alpha
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Daniel Vlad
Data Scientist, Technologist, and Entrepreneur | Machine Learning and AI.
Experience
Founder
Sep 2023 — Present · US
Designing ML and AI systems that turn raw data into predictive insights for investment, go-to-market, and business decision-making- Software Adoption Forecasting: Built a machine learning framework and web platform for a GTM software company to predict software adoption across companies, using proprietary firmographic and usage data to help sales teams identify and prioritize high-fit prospects- AI-Driven Prospect Intelligence: Developed custom AI pipelines to extract structured insights from internal and external data, enabling precise prospecting, segmentation, and outreach based on company-level software usage- Revenue Forecasting from Alternative Data: Created a new product for institutional investors at a leading media intelligence firm, building ML models that analyzed $100B+ in global media spend to backtest and forecast revenues for top advertisers including Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and NYT- AI Document Processing: Built AI pipelines to extract and map complex business entities from millions of PDF pages. Delivered to a major AI company and a U.S. government contractor.
Education
University of Bucharest
MA, BA, Theoretical Physics
1987 — 1992
University of Pittsburgh
PhD, Physics
1995 — 1999
University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
MBA, Finance
1997 — 1999
Skills
- Financial Modeling
- IT Strategy
- Hedge Funds
- Equity Research
- Analytics
- Trading Systems
- Enterprise Architecture
- Investments
- Product Management
- Start-Ups
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