Joel Tetreault

About Joel Tetreault

Scientist and Research Manager with over 15 years of industry experience in AI…

Experience

1. Senior Director of Research

   Dataminr

   Sep 2019 — Present

   Dataminr is the world\'s real-time information discovery company that turns information chaos into opportunity. Our ability to find and deliver information faster than any traditional source has completely revolutionized how critical, relevant and actionable information reaches the News, Finance, Public Sector, Corporate Security and PR & Communications industries. Using groundbreaking AI and machine learning technology, we deliver alerts on breaking news events by analyzing the public information landscape in real time. We analyze data from multiple sources across geographies, languages and topics, connecting disparate pieces of information so we can get it to the right people at the right time. As of 2018, Dataminr is valued at $1.6 billion and has been backed by leading venture and growth technology investors, including Venrock, IVP, Fidelity, Wellington, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs. With over 450 employees, Dataminr is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Washington DC, Seattle, Bozeman, London and Dublin.

Education

• University of Rochester

  PhD, Computer Science

  1998 — 2004

• Harvard University

  Computer Science

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Natural Language Processing
• Hiring Practices
• Educational Assessment
• Research
• C++
• Latex
• Information Retrieval
• Text Mining
• Jira
• Linux
• Perl
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Git
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Programming
• Deep Learning
• Machine Learning
• C
• Data Mining
• Linguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Strategic Hiring