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The Purpose of Platforms in Data Science
Talks about Startup, Data Science and Uber
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Kevin Novak
Managing Partner at Rackhouse Investor
San Francisco, California
Overview
Kevin Novak is the Managing Partner & Founder of Rackhouse Venture Capital in San Francisco, California. He has a strong background in data science, software engineering, and start-ups, with notable roles including Head of Data Science at Uber and Chief Data Officer at Tala. Kevin has invested in a range of companies like Prelude and Nana, focusing on sectors such as Data Services and AI in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Work Experience
Managing Partner & Founder
2021 - Current
Advisor
2018
Proud to serve on the advisory boards of the following companies: - Standard Cognition (2017-2019) - door2door (2017-2019) - LVRG (2018 - 2019) - Curated (2019- current)
Equity Partner
2017 - 2020
Excited to be a member of the Data Collective group!
DCVC backs entrepreneurs using deep tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Angel Investor
2014 - 2020
I'm an angel investor in over 50 companies. A selection of my portfolio can be found at https://www.jigsawvc.com/. I stopped actively making new investments via Jigsaw when I launched Rackhouse, but I still support existing Jigsaw founders as they continue to build their companies.
CTO
2019 - 2020
Renegade Partners is a venture capital firm that helps founders navigate a pivotal phase of development.
EIR
2019 - 2019
Costanoa Ventures leads Formation, Seed, and Series A stage investments in companies that change the way the world does business
Chief Data Officer
2017 - 2018
Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets.
Raised $372,000,000.00 from Victory Park Capital.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2017 - 2017
Playground is an early-stage deep tech venture capital firm backing technical and scientific founders
Head of Data & Engineering, Pricing & Operations Tooling
2017 - 2017
Building the world's most intelligent freight marketplace. I helped our Operations Tools group launch our internal brokerage tools, including our load board and load booking suite. I launched the Uber Freight Marketplace Dynamics team, focusing on optimizing how the brokerage acquires and fulfills freight opportunities, as well as owning algorithmic pricing for the brokerage.
Head of Data Science Platform
2015 - 2017
Building a research focused, analytically driven group of data professionals. The Data Science & Analytics team is responsible for pre-feature development research and feasibility experimentation, as well as post-facto analysis to determine the efficacy and quality of complex data features and products.
Head of Data Science
2014 - 2015
Data Scientist
2011 - 2014
Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Demand Forecasting,Computer Programming, Dynamic Pricing algorithms. Solving mathematical problems in the transportation industry.
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.