Managing Director & Head of Data Science & AI
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Yasser is a Managing Director and Head of Data Science & AI at the Firm. In this role, he spearheads the implementation of AI across the Firm by using data science to assist investment teams with due diligence and collaborating with the management of our portfolio companies to drive and deploy advanced analytics and AI. Before Redbird, Yasser led the Private Equity Data Science practice at Blackstone, overseeing a team of 10 data scientists (in-house and deployed at portfolio companies). Prior to that, he served as a Data Scientist at McKinsey and at a Tech Startup. Yasser holds a M.S. in Management Science & Engineering focused in Data Science from Columbia University (NY) and a M.E. in Fluid Mechanics from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris).