Melissa Otto, CFA

Melissa is Head of Visible Alpha Research at S&P Global. She focuses on understanding AI applications and the role of the mega-cap technology stocks, while integrating Visible Alpha and CapIQ tools into a broad range of investment research topics, sectors and persona workflows. Prior to joining Visible Alpha, she spent 20+ years as an equity analyst and portfolio manager, investing in global technology and consumer stocks and the Pan-Asia region. In addition to her equity investing career, Melissa worked with engineering teams at data providers and Microsoft Azure building cloud-based solutions to centralize and aggregate critical investment data for investors.

Melissa studied Japanese at Harvard University, received her MA in economics from Brandeis University and MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a CFA charterholder. She is certified in Azure Fundamentals and Agile Project Management and recently completed The Business of AI course at Columbia Business School. She is a frequent media commentator on equities in the US and abroad.

LinkedIn profile: http://linkedin.com/in/melissa-otto-cfa