Valerie Molignano has been immersed in the NYC Data Science Academy 12-week Data Science bootcamp since September 2016. She has gained experience in machine learning, data analysis techniques and software development in Python and R. This has complemented her more than 10 years of experience in the financial industry where she worked as a technologist and business analyst in the areas of Market Risk, Interest Rate Derivatives, VaR and Regulatory Requirements. Her previous employers were Lehman Brothers, ING Barings, SolomonSmithBarney, Deutsche Bank and Chase. After stepping away from Wall Street to raise a family, she has worked on consulting projects for WebIAm and EMA Mgmt for JPMorgan and Bloomberg data retrieval, mapping and structuring of prices and time-series.