Faculty: Olga Kowalewsky

Olga Kowalewsky
Olga Kowalewsky, PhD
Title(s):
Adjunct Professor
School(s):
Business
Campus(es):
San Francisco

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Professor Olga Kowalewsky is currently a director in risk analytics with Wells Fargo. She is responsible for building risk and capital related mathematical models using data analytics and financial calculus techniques. Prior to that, Olga worked as a quant for JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Her specialty is multi-asset modeling and treatment of correlation. She has a PhD and MS in aeronautics from Caltech, with her thesis on theoretical micro mechanics, and an MS and BS in physics from RWTH Aachen, Germany, with her thesis on theoretical quantum mechanics.

COURSES TAUGHT

ITM 325
Tools for Data Analysis

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
  • MS, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
  • MS, Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • BS, Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany

PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Director, Wells Fargo
  • Vice President, JP Morgan
  • Associate, Goldman Sachs

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award (Information Technology Management), Golden Gate University, 2015