10 SoFi AI and data science leaders
Pranshu Tripathi, Senior Director, Marketing Analytics and Data Science at SoFi, heads this list of SoFi AI and data science leaders, who also include heads of data science, directors of data science and AI engineering, and a senior director of risk analytics and AI. A reader can learn how AI and data science leaders work at SoFi from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Chaitanya D.
LinkedInExperience: Head of Risk Data Science · SoFi
Chaitanya D. has been Head of Risk Data Science at Sofi since January 2026, a role the listing tags at Director level. Chaitanya D. was Senior Director, Credit & Financial Risk Analytics at Capital One from 2025 to 2026 and Vice President, Head of Data Science at Sallie Mae from 2019 to 2022.
Daniel Halfmann, CFA, FRM
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Risk Analytics & AI · SoFi
Daniel Halfmann, CFA, FRM has been Senior Director Risk Analytics & AI at SoFi since May 2026, and was Director Risk Analytics & AI at SoFi from 2024 to 2026. The profile describes them as a hands-on technical leader who transforms complex financial risk operations and drives business insights through artificial intelligence.
Jesse Bridgewater PhD
LinkedInExperience: Former Data Science Vice President · SoFi
Jesse Bridgewater PhD is a former Data Science Vice President at SoFi, a role held from February 2023 to April 2026. Jesse Bridgewater PhD was VP of Data Science at Brightline from 2020 to 2023 and at Livongo from 2016 to 2020, and has been CEO at Johniac since April 2026.
Julie Brewer
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data Science and Analytics - Lending Products · SoFi
Julie Brewer has been Head of Data Science and Analytics - Lending Products at SoFi since March 2026, and has also held Head of Data Science and Analytics - SoFi Spend, Invest, Protect, Save since November 2022. Julie Brewer was Head of Data Science - SoFi Money, Invest, Credit Card at SoFi in 2022.
Peter Howard
LinkedInExperience: Director, Data Science · SoFi
Peter Howard has been Director, Data Science at SoFi since January 2025, a role the listing places in Research at Director level. Peter Howard was Senior Manager, Data Science at SoFi from 2021 to 2025, Manager, Data Science there from 2020 to 2021 and Staff Data Scientist there from 2019 to 2020.
Pranshu Tripathi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Marketing Analytics and Data Science · SoFi
Pranshu Tripathi has been Senior Director, Marketing Analytics and Data Science at SoFi since May 2020, and the profile headline reads Head of Marketing Data Science at SoFi. Pranshu Tripathi was Director, Global Precision Marketing and Analytics at American Express from 2016 to 2020.
Preeti Semwal
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Product Data Science · SoFi
Preeti Semwal is a former Director, Product Data Science at SoFi, a role held from December 2018 to May 2021. Preeti Semwal was Sr. Director, Analytics at hims & hers from 2021 to 2024 and has been Director Data Science & Analytics at Expedia Group since April 2024.
Sijia Liu
LinkedInExperience: Former Former Senior Director, Data Science · SoFi
Sijia Liu is a former Senior Director, Data Science at SoFi (August 2021 to November 2025), overseeing risk and operations machine learning model development and deployment, and was Director of Data Science at SoFi from 2019 to 2021. Sijia Liu has been VP, Global Risk ML and AI at PayPal since November 2025.
Sreekanth P.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering, Data & AI · SoFi
Sreekanth P. has been Director of Software Engineering, Data & AI at SoFi since August 2026, building scalable data products and conversational analytics. Sreekanth P. was Senior Software Engg Manager - SoFi Data ML & Experimentation Platform at SoFi from 2023 to 2026.
Terry Tong
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, AI Experience · SoFi
Terry Tong has been Director of Engineering, AI Experience at SoFi since October 2025. Terry Tong was Senior Director of Engineering at Salesforce from 2024 to 2025, Director Of Engineering at Salesforce from 2020 to 2024 and Machine Learning Architect at Futurewei Technologies, Inc. from 2017 to 2019.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your data science or AI role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which models or AI features are ready to move into production?
- 03What has your own work taught you about pairing data scientists with product and risk teams?
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