Ivan Sergienko is Director, Data Science & Analytics at Scotiabank and an Affiliated Researcher at Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics at Smith School of Business. He has ten years of banking experience in various roles in modelling, risk management, and customer analytics. Prior to his banking career, and after graduating with Ph.D. in Physics, he spent five years doing theoretical and computational research at Oak Ridge National Lab and Memorial University of Newfoundland. Ivan also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.