Liel Villa is an accomplished statistician with a wealth of experience in research, development, and project management. Villa has earned an MSc in Statistics from Tel Aviv University and a BSc in Physics and Mathematics from The Hebrew University. He has spent his career working with several organizations, including his current role as Director and Research Group Lead at Pagaya Investments. Prior to joining Pagaya, Villa was a co-founder and CTO of PredictiveBid and Prycto. He also served as Head of Algorithms at Jellyfish and as a DOE and Machine Learning Consultant for various clients. Villa began his career as an Operation Research Senior Analyst at the Israeli Air Force before transitioning to the private sector. His extensive background in statistics, research, and project management has made him an invaluable asset to any organization he's worked with.