ACAS: November 2005
Candidate Information
Education:
City University of New York, School of Professional Studies, New York, New York
Master of Science in Data Science, 2021
Queens College, Flushing, New York
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Mathematics, 1995
Concentrations: Economics, Computer Science, and Philosophy
Current Employment:
McGill and Partners
Partner–Capital Solutions
CAS Activities and Publications
CAS Publications:
- A Survey of Approaches to a Changepoint Problem in an Actuarial Context. Variance, 9(1):64–100, 2015.
- Estimating the Parameter Risk of a Loss Ratio Distribution—Revisited. Variance, 9(1):114–139, 2015.
- Capital Tranching: A RAROC Approach to Assessing Reinsurance Cost Effectiveness. Variance, 7(1):82–91, 2013.
CAS Activities:
- Current
- Discipline Committee, Member, 2025–Present
- Variance, Co-Editor, 2024–Present
- Member Advisory Panel, 2023–Present
- CAS Literature Review Board, Editor, 2017–Present
- Variance Peer Reviewer, Member, 2014–Present
- Former
- Executive Council, Vice President Research & Development, 2017–2020
- Cyber Risk Task Force, Member, 2014–2016, Vice Chairperson, 2016–2024
- Capability Model Task Force, Member, 2022–2023
- Literature Management Board, Ex Officio, 2019–2022
- Variance Associate Editors, 2020–2021
- ASTIN Task Force, Member, 2017–2020
- Open-Source Software Committee, Member, 2012–2019
- Publications Management Board, Member, 2011–2018
- Exam MAS-I & MAS-II, Chairperson, 2016–2017
- Reinsurance Research Committee, Member, 2008–2017
- Exam S Draft, Member, 2016–2017
- Educational Structure Implementation Task Force: CERA, Member, 2013–2016
- Educational Structure Implementation Task Force: Statistics, Member, 2013–2015
- Nominating Committee, Member, 2013–2015
- Yearbook/Proceedings Committee, Vice Chairperson 2010–2011, Chairperson, 2011–2014
- Education Structure Task Force, Member, 2012–2014
- ERM Committee, Member, 2012–2013
- R Working Party, Member, 2010–2012
- Variance Editorial Board, Editor, 2008–2012
- Editor, Proceedings of the CAS, 2008–2010
- Editor, CAS Yearbook, 2007–2010
Other Actuarial Organizations:
MAAA: 2005
Other Professional Designations:
CERA: 2012
CSPA: 2017
Employment History - Prior Employers:
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, Morristown, New Jersey
- Senior Vice President & Senior Actuary and Data Scientist 2019–2022
- Senior Vice President & Senior Actuary 2013–2019
- Vice President & Actuary 2009–2013
- Assistant Vice President & Actuary 2006–2009
Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, Armonk, New York
- Actuarial Associate 2005–2006
- Senior Actuarial Analyst 2002–2005
Membership and Activities in Other Organizations:
- American Mathematical Society (Life Member)
- American Statistical Association (Life Member)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Other Publications:
Papers:
- Using Machine Learning Techniques to Identify Key Risk Factors for Diabetes and Undiagnosed Diabetes. arXiv:2105.09379, 2021.
Software:
- R packages:
- MBBEFDLite: Statistical Functions for the Maxwell-Boltzmann-Bose-Einstein-Fermi-Dirac (MBBEFD) Family of Distributions, 2024.
- minimaxApprox: Implementation of Remez Algorithm for Polynomial and Rational Function Approximation, 2023.
- revss: Robust Estimation in Very Small Samples, 2020.
- Pade: Padé Approximant Coefficients, 2015.
- lamW: Lambert-W Function, 2015.
- Delaporte: Statistical functions for the Delaporte distribution, 2013.
Awards and Recognitions:
Queens College: Banesh Hoffman Memorial Award (Excellence in Mathematics)
Queens College: Doris and Paul Tang Memorial Award (Excellence in the Study of Probability and Statistics)
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Mu Epsilon
As actuaries, we are members of a distinguished and respected profession spanning hundreds of years. Throughout our history we have been subject to changing technology. From the slide rule to the calculator, the minicomputer to the PC, we have adapted and evolved.
I believe the crossroads at which we now stand may create the most transformational change since the advent of mechanical computation. Large language models, machine learning, agentic AI, however we call them, have quickly evolved from being fun toys to significant factors in industry. As we have done in the past, we must continue to evolve the actuarial profession—both its education and its perception—to not only remain relevant but to continue our purpose in helping to understand, educate, and manage financial risk.
I have been fortunate to have seen the governance of the CAS up close. I spent two years on the nominating committee and later served three years on the Executive Council as Vice President of Research and Development. My strongest takeaway from those years is the passion our volunteer leaders bring to making the CAS be the absolute best it can be for its members. Of course, there was often disagreement on precisely what was best. The vigorous yet respectful debates allowed for opinions to be shared and convincing arguments to be made.
I have a lot of gratitude to the CAS as an organization—and to its members in particular—for giving me a profession I truly enjoy. I very much want this opportunity to continue to be available to anyone with the desire and the capability. This is why I am running for the board. Given the uncertainty—and thus the opportunity—facing us now, I want to follow in the footsteps of those many actuaries from whom I have learned, and help guide the CAS to a path to continued success for many decades to come.
