In this session we will cover:
- BQuant cloud architecture and how we use Kubernetes to scale data science models
- How we manage and protect data governance controls and user privileges
- The technologies developed for mapping, joining and aggregating across Bloomberg data sets
- How BQuant can connect into cloud based data storage and data lakes
Speakers
Ian Hummel
Bloomberg CTO Office
Bloomberg
Ian Hummel is a Technical Product Manager for BQuant Enterprise working within the Office of the CTO. As part of his role in the Office of the CTO, he oversees strategic initiatives at the intersection of machine learning, big data, and cloud computing. Previous to Bloomberg, he led product initiatives in online marketing, identity federation, and enterprise search. He has a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Boston University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Ben Clarke
UK & Ireland Desktop Build Group Team Lead
BLOOMBERG/ LONDON
Ben Clarke is the UK & Ireland Desktop Build Group Team Lead at Bloomberg, leading a team of financial application developers and specialists to help Bloomberg clients in developing quantitative research via BQuant, Bloomberg's python-based data science platform.
Ben's team works very closely with the BQuant product development team, helping to shape the future direct and go to market strategy across the region - with a particular focus on factor scoring, relative valuation analysis, asset allocation and research management workflows. Ben also manages the Excel/ VBA development team.
He joined Bloomberg 10 years ago and has worked in London and Hong Kong.