Brian Buzzelli

Bio

Mr. Buzzelli is Senior Vice President and Head of Data Governance for Acadian, a quantitative institutional asset management firm specializing in active global, emerging and frontier investments utilizing sophisticated analytical models and specialized research expertise. Brian has defined a systematic and rigorous approach to data quality engineering through the application of specific tolerances to data dimensions based on manufacturing principles and his expertise developed over 27years of experience. His leadership in implementing data governance, data usage policies, data standards, data quality measurement, data taxonomies, architecture, and meta-data have supported some of the most complex financial business functions at Acadian, Nomura, Thomson Reuters, and Mellon Financial. Data quality engineering, data management, and the application of manufacturing principles to data dimensions and data quality validation is at the center of his professional focus. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information and Decision Systems and holds two master’s degrees: Management of Information Systems and an MBA in Finance from the Katz Business School at the University of Pittsburgh.