Christopher Connell Bio

Christopher Connell

Co-Founder & Chief Data Scientist, Kwelia

Austin

Christopher Connell is a reformed startup Co-Founder turned independent technical consultant. At his last startup, Chris solely built a national, realtime apartment pricing algorithm that predicts the rent of any apartment unit (based on characteristics, amenities, and location). This self-proclaimed nerd is an alumni of two top startup accelerators, DreamIt Ventures and Startup Chile, and holds both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Economics (also a Masters in Finance). In addition to number wrangling, Chris has gained notoriety after being featured in numerous articles and blog posts for his maker skills and hardware hacking.

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