Harpreet Singh is the co-CEO of Experfy, a big data consulting marketplace in the Harvard Innovation Lab. He works at the intersection of big data and analytics, developing advanced algorithms and high-performance big data systems. Harpreet earned Master’s and PhD degrees from Harvard University, where he was also a faculty member from 2012 to 2014. […]

Harpreet Singh is the co-CEO of Experfy, a big data consulting marketplace in the Harvard Innovation Lab. He works at the intersection of big data and analytics, developing advanced algorithms and high-performance big data systems. Harpreet earned Master’s and PhD degrees from Harvard University, where he was also a faculty member from 2012 to 2014. With an exceptional emphasis on structured governance, he managed the program management initiatives for sixty technology startups from Citigroup’s e-Citi Venture Portfolio Office.

In a later role as Director of Technology, also at Citigroup, he architected the infrastructure of global multi-tiered, web-based electronic exchanges. Harpreet subsequently established the Project Management Office (PMO) for FX Alliance, a global foreign exchange platform, where he was responsible for enabling project and risk management functions for New York, London and Tokyo locations.

Adding a new flavor to the business of transforming heaps of data into actionable insights, a Harvard-based startup is offering custom algorithms on demand. Founded last year, Experfy Inc. has built a marketplace for data scientists who, like designers using 99Designs Inc. or business consultants using HourlyNerd Inc., respond to requests from individuals and businesses for help with specific projects.

Experfy co-founders and co-CEOs Sarabjot Kaur and Harpreet Singh said they are initially targeting small and midsize businesses that have yet to harness value from data they have stored but not analyzed. Ms. Kaur said she has seen a number of companies in manufacturing, agriculture and other sectors that are doing between $50 million and $100 million in revenue, but have no dashboard and are still manually inputting many items.

“They think big data is not for them. They think it’s brain surgery,” she said. “It’s not.”

~ Source: blogs.wsj.com