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ABOUT US

Professional sports teams are currently engaged in a billion-dollar arms race to squeeze wins out of data. While early innovations in sports analytics largely relied on simple techniques, many teams are struggling to handle emergent challenges with the complex data sources now dominating the space. At Zelus Analytics, our mission is to address these challenges by building the world’s leading sports intelligence platform. In so doing, we intend to help the professional teams in our exclusive partner network compete and win championships.

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OUR TEAM

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Doug Fearing
Founder & President

Doug founded the Dodgers R&D department, grew it to a staff of 20 over four seasons, and reached the World Series in both 2017 and 2018...

Doug founded the Dodgers R&D department, grew it to a staff of 20 over four seasons, and reached the World Series in both 2017 and 2018. While a faculty member at Harvard and then UT Austin (2010-2015), he was the Senior Advisor to the Rays R&D team, and he received an MIT SSAC research award in 2013. Doug has a Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT.

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Luke Bornn
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

After leading analytics efforts at the Italian soccer club A.S. Roma, Luke took on the role of VP of Strategy & Analytics for the Sacramento Kings in...

After leading analytics efforts at the Italian soccer club A.S. Roma, Luke took on the role of VP of Strategy & Analytics for the Sacramento Kings in 2017. He received MIT SSAC research awards in 2015 and 2019, and was on the faculty at Harvard College and Simon Fraser University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of British Columbia.

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Dan Cervone
Principal Data Scientist

The former Director of Quantitative Research with the LA Dodgers and Moore-Sloan Fellow at NYU’s Center for Data Science...

The former Director of Quantitative Research with the LA Dodgers and Moore-Sloan Fellow at NYU’s Center for Data Science, Dan published foundational sports analytics work as part of the XY Research group during his Statistics PhD at Harvard. He has awards from the MIT SSAC in 2015 and 2019. Beyond sports, he’s a fan of traveling, coffee, Neapolitan pizza, and music ranging from classical to metal.

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John Curnutte
Vice President, Engineering

John led data platform and investment tech teams for over 3 years as VP, Technology at Dimensional Fund Advisors where...

John led data platform and investment tech teams for over 3 years as VP, Technology at Dimensional Fund Advisors where he managed a staff of engineers and analysts responsible for global portfolio management & trading technology. An expert in Agile development, data-driven systems, and buy vs build decision-making, he received his M.B.A and M.S. in Computer Science from UCLA.

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Kimberley Kissoyan
Manager, Operations

Kimberley cut her operations/management teeth building the Collections department of a midsize law firm in DC into its own...

Kimberley cut her operations/management teeth building the Collections department of a midsize law firm in DC into its own company, while simultaneously founding a theater company and running several incubator projects for early-career artists. A polyglot with an A.B. in Comparative Lit from Princeton University, she is relishing this opportunity to grow her talents in a fascinating new field.

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Stephanie Kovalchik
Senior Data Scientist

Stephanie led data science innovation for the Game Insight Group of Tennis Australia, building first-of-a-kind metrics and real-time...

Stephanie led data science innovation for the Game Insight Group of Tennis Australia, building first-of-a-kind metrics and real-time applications with tracking data. An expert in tennis analytics and causal inference with 40+ published papers, she also developed novel statistical methods in her previous roles at the NCI and RAND Corporation. She blogs at on-the-t.com and is an amateur mixologist.

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Albert Lyu
Senior Software Engineer

Albert previously spent four seasons with the Chicago Cubs building data pipelines and interactive visualization tools for baseball...

Albert previously spent four seasons with the Chicago Cubs building data pipelines and interactive visualization tools for baseball operations, most recently as a Senior Baseball Systems Developer. After 2018, he worked as a software engineer for Sprout Social before joining Zelus. Born in L.A., the Northwestern and Georgia Tech graduate was proudly raised in Hong Kong as a third culture kid.

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Bryan Yu
Senior Analytics Engineer

Bryan was previously in charge of data architecture and building statistical models for the public equities quantitative...

Bryan was previously in charge of data architecture and building statistical models for the public equities quantitative strategy at Santé Ventures / Capital. He received his M.S. in Statistics from Texas A&M, and his interests are Bayesian models and college football. Bryan loves a juicy hamburger, playing fetch with his dog, and watching movies.

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Jacob Mortensen
Senior Data Scientist

Jacob recently graduated with his PhD in Statistics from Simon Fraser University, where he completed his thesis on statistical...

Jacob recently graduated with his PhD in Statistics from Simon Fraser University, where he completed his thesis on statistical methods for tracking data in sports. Prior to joining Zelus, he helped build an analytics platform for the Sacramento Kings from the ground up. When not working, he enjoys cooking, rollerblading, and spending time with his three kids.

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Kevin Meers
Football Strategy Fellow

Kevin led the football analytics group at the Cleveland Browns before pursuing his MBA at Harvard Business School, which he...

Kevin led the football analytics group at the Cleveland Browns before pursuing his MBA at Harvard Business School, which he expects to complete in the spring of 2022. In Cleveland, Kevin built out an industry-leading analytics team that focused on coaching, scouting, and sports science. He previously worked with the Dallas Cowboys, the City of Denver, and Biden for President.

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Bob Cook
Data Scientist

Bob was the in-clubhouse analyst for the Pirates from 2017-18, after earning an M.S. in Analytics from UT Austin in 2016. He pitched...

Bob was the in-clubhouse analyst for the Pirates from 2017-18, after earning an M.S. in Analytics from UT Austin in 2016. He pitched professionally in the independent Frontier League, and was the Pitching Coach at Amherst, his alma mater, where he majored in math. His tales include a hitchhiking race from central TX to the Blue Ridge Mountains and sailing a 2-person boat across the Gulf of Mexico.

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Abhijit Brahme
Data Scientist

Abhi wrote about NBA Analytics and worked for the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves while completing his...

Abhi wrote about NBA Analytics and worked for the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves while completing his undergraduate degree in Applied Math at Rice University. At Zelus, he helps build and deploy various models. Outside of work, Abhi is a “competitive” Olympic weightlifter, semi-pro ultimate player, and avid Twitter user.

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Meyappan Subbaiah
Data Scientist

After earning an M.S. in Analytics at UT, Meyappan worked on operations optimization at The Appraisal Lane. Prior to UT, a DoE...

After earning an M.S. in Analytics at UT, Meyappan worked on operations optimization at The Appraisal Lane. Prior to UT, a DoE lab funded his graduate research into nuclear proliferation risk and safeguards at Texas A&M. Passionate about collegiate sports, he’s developing an R package called cfbscrapR, providing an easy way for college football fans to get data with embedded EPA/WPA models in it.

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Yoav Kaliblotzky
Software Engineer

Yoav was previously a software engineer at Workday, where he designed and developed backend cloud-based transactional...

Yoav was previously a software engineer at Workday, where he designed and developed backend cloud-based transactional systems. Outside of work, Yoav designed, built, and deployed a website that utilizes machine learning to predict NBA player progression. Yoav also enjoys traveling, reading, and coding for fun, and is a fan of the Sacramento Kings and Philadelphia Eagles.

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Andrew Hopen
Data Scientist

Andrew previously worked in the analytics departments of the New York Yankees and LA Dodgers. He completed his M.S. in Data Science at...

Andrew previously worked in the analytics departments of the New York Yankees and LA Dodgers. He completed his M.S. in Data Science at NYU in 2020. His other research interests lie in education, and before Zelus he studied university initiatives and student outcomes for NYU Institutional Research. Andrew loves dogs, theatre, and anything written by N.K. Jemisin.

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Ozan Adiguzel
Data Scientist

Ozan holds a BSc in Statistics from Brown and previously worked with the Sacramento Kings and ShotTracker. An avid basketball and soccer...

Ozan holds a BSc in Statistics from Brown and previously worked with the Sacramento Kings and ShotTracker. An avid basketball and soccer fan, Ozan is a die-hard supporter of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray as well as an experienced soccer coach with a USSF C license. Ozan speaks Turkish, French, and some Mandarin and enjoys traveling the world, but for the best BBQ, he settled in Texas.

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Matthew Reyers
Data Scientist

While at Simon Fraser U., Matthew and his team won the NFL Big Data Bowl in 2019 and gained honourable mention in 2020...

While at Simon Fraser U., Matthew and his team won the NFL Big Data Bowl in 2019 and gained honourable mention in 2020. The winner of the Canadian Operational Research Society’s Student Paper Contest and a graduate Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Scholarship holder, he enjoys spending his free time running hackathons and running kilometres.

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Lucas Wu
Data Scientist

Lucas is a PhD student in Statistics at Simon Fraser University. He is interested in machine learning and computational statistics...

Lucas is a PhD student in Statistics at Simon Fraser University. He is interested in machine learning and computational statistics applied to sports. His team was the winner of the NFL’s inaugural Big Data Bowl - College Division in 2019 and the Sacramento Kings Case Competition in 2018. In his free time, he enjoys being a foodie traveller.

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Steven Silverman
Analytics Engineer

Steven interned with the Pittsburgh Pirates and helped to found the CMU Sports Analytics Club while earning bachelor's degrees in...

Steven interned with the Pittsburgh Pirates and helped to found the CMU Sports Analytics Club while earning bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. After graduation, he worked as a software engineer for APT/Mastercard for 2.5 years. Steven enjoys trivia, playing the trombone, and getting angry about Philly sports.

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Chris Pickard
Analytics Engineer

After earning his B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University, Chris joined the Sacramento Kings as a Senior Analyst; he built analysis...

After earning his B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University, Chris joined the Sacramento Kings as a Senior Analyst; he built analysis and data systems to inform team strategy and roster decisions. At Stanford, Chris captained the Men's Swimming team, achieved Athletic & Academic All-American honors, and was an inaugural selection to Stanford Athletics' Home of Champions Hall of Fame.

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Arielle Dror
Data Scientist

Arielle is a recent graduate of Smith College with degrees in Statistical & Data Sciences and Government, and experience in data-driven...

Arielle is a recent graduate of Smith College with degrees in Statistical & Data Sciences and Government, and experience in data-driven public policy research. Passionate about analytics in women's sports, Arielle co-created nwslR, an R package that makes National Women's Soccer League data accessible to fans. She also loves rock climbing, and discovering new ramen shops and used bookstores.

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Lydia Jackson
Soccer Analyst

A professional soccer player for four different countries, Lydia competed most recently for the NWSL’s Chicago Red Stars...

A professional soccer player for four different countries, Lydia competed most recently for the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars, in addition to being an experienced coach. Her BSc in Computer Science from Clemson University and advocacy for the women's game both contribute to her writings for American Soccer Analysis. Outside of work, Lydia loves to hike and mountain bike in the Blue Ridge mountains.

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Matthew van Bommel
Analytics Engineer

Matt spent three seasons working with the Sacramento Kings and has published research examining biases and inconsistencies of...

Matt spent three seasons working with the Sacramento Kings and has published research examining biases and inconsistencies of basketball scorekeepers. He holds an MSc in Statistics from Simon Fraser University and a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from Acadia University. Matt enjoys hypothetical questions and dabbling in many hobbies, currently including cycling, juggling, and board games.

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Meghan Hall
Data Scientist

Meghan has extensive data analysis and visualization experience from her work in higher ed and also regularly writes and presents...

Meghan has extensive data analysis and visualization experience from her work in higher ed and also regularly writes and presents on various aspects of hockey analysis. She is passionate about helping others learn R and frequently delivers talks and workshops on using R in sports analytics. When her computer’s closed, she enjoys baking and watching sports—namely hockey, baseball, cycling, and F1.

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WORK WITH US

Although we are not hiring at this time, we are always interested in connecting with talented engineers and data scientists who are passionate about sports. Please contact us using the form below if you would like to learn more about building the world’s leading sports intelligence platform and helping our partner teams compete and win championships.


CONTACT

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