Edwin Ed Andrews

About Edwin Ed Andrews

Professional & Extracurricular AffiliationsCharted Financial Analyst CertificationPassed CFA Level 1 ExamFinancial Risk Management CertificationGARPStructured Finance Industry GroupMember (Deloitte Sponsored)June 2013-PresentMadison Investment FundPresident & Portfolio Manager, Technology SectorJames Madison University February 2009-May 2012-President of student equity investment group with over AUM-Recognized internationally as best performing value-style investment fund at RISE 2012, second in 2011, 2013-Assess current and new investments for inclusion in portfolio using correlation, Sharpe and M2 risk measures -Evaluated equities using financial statement, sales, management, business model, and industry analysis Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol LeaderSparta, NJJanuary 2001-May 2008Technology Skills Programs & Databases: Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Intex, Yield Book, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPointProgramming & Scripting Languages: SAS, SQL

Experience

1. Director of Machine Learning

   Capital One

   Aug 2023 — Present · McLean, VA, US

   Leading a 25-person ML engineering organization (3 teams) responsible for developing toolkits to accelerate AI/ML model development.• Developed Kubeflow-based (kfp) Model Selection Pipeline enabling rapid refits for Card decisioning models (estimated >$100mil impact).• Engineered the pipeline for GPU-based, distributed training and hyperparameter tuning of xgboost GBMs on Kubernetes.• Led migration of Card/Auto loss forecasting to kfp, modernizing systems governing the $11bil allowance for financial reporting and CCAR.• Architecting a multi-tenant workflow orchestration platform for complex, multi-persona ML model processes.• Collaborated with platform teams to enhance accessibility of Spark, Dask, and Ray for the AI/ML community.• Guiding AI/ML policy strategy to balance model governance requirements and cyber risks for senior leadership.

Education

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Quantitative Finance; Financial Economics

• Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

  Master of Science - MS, Data Science

Skills

• Visual Basic
• Econometric Modeling
• Model Development
• Project Management
• Mutual Funds
• Investments
• Model Validation
• Analysis
• Bloomberg Terminal
• Finance
• Financial Risk
• Valuation
• Microsoft Word
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Access
• Sas
• Portfolio Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Equities
• Bloomberg
• Investment Management
• Data Analysis
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Modeling
• Economics