Daniel O'Connor

Cofounder and Partner at Webbs Hill Advisors

Daniel O'Connor is a co-founder and partner at Webbs Hill Advisors, a data mining and analytics organization based in Stamford, Connecticut.1 2 He has over 15 years of industry experience and is an expert in designing, building, and delivering analytical products to mortgage trading desks.2

Professional Background

Before co-founding Webbs Hill Advisors in September 2014, O'Connor worked as a Non-Agency Trader at RBS Greenwich Capital.2 In this role, he was responsible for providing liquidity for seniors, mezzanine, and derivatives backed by prime, alt-a, and option ARM collateral.2

Expertise

O'Connor is known for his expertise in:

Data extraction techniques
Building innovative data analytical tools and models
Working with high-speed analytical databases

He is one of the original users of the ParAccel database and is highly experienced with the technology employed by Amazon Redshift.2 His contributions have even helped Amazon developers improve the functionality of AWS Redshift's windowing techniques.2

Education and Early Career

Daniel O'Connor holds a BS in Operations Research from Cornell University.2 Earlier in his career, he programmed voice recognition technology for IBM.2

Current Role

At Webbs Hill Advisors, O'Connor works alongside co-founder Scott Gimpel to provide analytic solutions for structured product investors, primarily in Non-Agency and Agency RMBS (Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities).3 The company offers a big data hosting environment backed by Amazon Web Services and serves nearly fifty clients globally, including hedge funds, money managers, insurance companies, REITs, and broker-dealers.3