Leveraging Text Mining to Extract Insights From Earnings Call Transcripts

Andrew Chin is Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. In this role, he leads the firm’s strategy to leverage AI in transforming the organization and driving better outcomes for clients and the firm. Previously, Chin was the Head of Investment Solutions and Sciences, overseeing the research, management and strategic growth of the firm’s asset-allocation, data science, index and tax-management businesses. From 2022 to 2023, he was the head of Quantitative Research and chief data scientist, developing and optimizing quantitative research and data science infrastructure, capabilities and resources across the organization. As the firm’s chief risk officer from 2009 to 2021, Chin led all aspects of risk management and built a global team to identify, manage and mitigate the various risks across the organization. He has held various leadership roles in quantitative research, risk management and portfolio management in New York and London since joining the firm in 1997. Before joining AB, Chin spent three years as a project manager and business analyst in global investment management at Bankers Trust. He holds a BA in math and computer science, and an MBA in finance from Cornell University. Location: New York

Yuyu Fan is a Principal Data Scientist on the Investment Solutions and Sciences team. In this role, she leverages statistical, machine-learning and deep-learning models to draw insights from financial data. Prior to joining AB in 2018, Fan worked at College Board as a psychometrician intern, using machine-learning models to monitor test validity, reliability and security. She holds a BA in sociology from Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China), MAs in sociology and psychology from Fordham University, and a PhD in psychometrics and quantitative psychology from Fordham University. Location: New York