Samantha Kappagoda was Invited to Speak at the University of Toronto

Samantha Kappagoda was invited to speak at the University of Toronto, on November 14, 2018. She was the sole presenter and discussed her career path and her experience in developing analytics, addressing an audience of alumni and current students, as part of the Backpack to Briefcase Speaker series.

Samantha Kappagoda is Chief Data Scientist and Co-Founder of Numerati^® Partners. She earned an M.A. in Economics with concentrations in Industrial Organization and Monetary Economics from the University of Toronto, where she was a Massey College Junior Fellow and awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

University of Toronto is a public research university based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. The University of Toronto offers over 700 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs. In all major rankings, the university consistently ranks in the top 10 public universities in the world and as the top university in the country. It receives the most annual scientific research funding and endowment of any Canadian university and is one of two members of the Association of American Universities outside the United States.