Amy Heineike
Data scientist, mathematician, coder and lover of tea.
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Skills: | Business, Software Engineering |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Groups: | Girls In Tech (GIT) |
| Visas: | USA, UK |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Helping friends, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Sharing my projects |
| Schools: | George Mason University, University of Cambridge |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Quid |
| Position: | Director of Mathematics |
| Time period: | August 2009 - Present |
| Employer: | YouNoodle |
| Position: | Mathematical Consultant |
| Time period: | November 2008 - July 2009 |
| Employer: | Volterra Consulting |
| Position: | Associate Senior Consultant |
| Time period: | July 2008 - July 2009 |
| Description: | Freelance consultant working from a distance in a primarily research role. Developing economic models with Director Paul Ormerod (see publications for examples). |
| Employer: | Volterra Consulting |
| Position: | Senior Consultant |
| Time period: | June 2005 - June 2008 |
| Description: | Particular interests: developing methods for analysing the structure of social networks for policy and business clients; improving the modelling of cities and especially the interaction of transport, the economy and land uses.
Wide range of responsibilities at Volterra, from writing proposals, designing and undertaking analysis, writing reports and presenting to clients to developing a suite of agent based and network models for our director Paul Ormerod. Also manage relationships with clients and partners, train other team members and oversee recruitment rounds. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Mathematics, BA |
| University: | George Mason University |
| Time period: | 2009 - Present |
| Degree: | Computational Social Science, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | A Horton, Predicting Network Success, Brand Strategy Magazine, http://www.volterra.co.uk/publications/07/Brand%20Strategy(Social%20Networks%20Article-Amy).PDF |
| Papers: | P Ormerod and A Heineike, Global Recessions as a cascade phenomenon with interacting agents, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, June 2009, http://www.springerlink.com/content/32ul676020331134/
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Mendeley
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Amy's Contacts (8)
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Benjamin Kudria
Engineer at Quid, CS/Math student at Stony Brook. http://ben.kudria.net/about
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Dian Rosanti
Born & raised in Jakarta, getting an HCI degree at Stanford, living the dream in San Francisco, and gradually becoming a startup junkie at YouNoodle!
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Torsten Kolind
An ambitious entrepreneur disguised as a comfortable Dane.