Trajectory
The long way around.
Andy Dai (Tianhui Dai) is a data and finance specialist — more than a decade across business- and data-analyst roles in data analysis, modeling, and reporting, most recently in a role associated with Ryder System.
His foundation is quantitative finance: graduate finance coursework at IIT's Stuart School of Business — where his projects ranged from applying option-pricing methods to power-plant investment to using regression analysis for fund valuation and portfolio management — and a full-ride, 3.94-GPA program at the University of Bridgeport.
At Pax Magellanic he serves as Chief AI Officer, turning that analytical discipline toward the technical core of each engagement — data engineering, AI automation, and generative media — and grounding it in the habit of making messy, real-world numbers legible.
Career
Waypoints.
2024 →
Co-founded Pax Magellanic
Chief AI Officer. Owns data engineering and applied-AI delivery for every engagement.
Decade+
Business & data analyst
Years of business- and data-analyst work in data analysis, modeling, and reporting — most recently associated with Ryder System.
Education
Finance & data foundation
Graduate finance coursework at IIT's Stuart School of Business and a full-ride, 3.94-GPA program at the University of Bridgeport (2017–2019).
Foundation
Quantitative projects
Academic work applying option pricing to physical-asset investment and regression analysis to fund valuation and portfolio management.
Focus
Where the leverage is.
Off the clock
The human behind the console.
// languages
Speaks four — English, Mandarin Chinese, the Wenzhou dialect, and professional-level Japanese.
// off the clock
Served on the Junior Board of the Chicago Center for Music Education, supporting fundraising and community outreach.
// honors
Earned a National Scholarship from China's Ministry of Education and a merit scholarship from IIT's Stuart School of Business.
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