Summary
AI is only as powerful as the data that fuels it, but staying at the forefront of technological advancements is just as critical. So, where should you invest to maximize impact—better data or more advanced tech?
Join expert speakers from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, The Hebrew University Business School, and S&P Global Market Intelligence as they explore this question. Through practical examples, they’ll shed light on how to navigate the balance between data and technology investments to achieve better outcomes in AI-driven initiatives.
This session will delve into how S&P Global’s structured, high-quality, and linked datasets—such as Compustat Financials, S&P Capital IQ Estimates, and machine-readable textual data can significantly enhance the accuracy and relevance of your AI models. Explore how our NLP-ready textual datasets allow you to extract insights quickly and easily from lengthy textual documents.
Join this webinar to understand how data and technology must work together to create real impact and explore how your investments today will shape the future of your AI initiatives.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Harpreet Kaur
Associate Director, Business Development
Harpreet is a Product Manager within the Data Management Solutions team at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where she leads product strategy and development for data feed solutions with a focus on private company and private markets data. In this role, she partners closely with clients, commercial teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to advance product capabilities, support business growth, and deliver data solutions that address the evolving needs of financial services professionals.
Since joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2014, Harpreet has built deep expertise across reference data, data management, product development, go-to-market strategy, and business development. Her broad experience and client-focused approach enable her to translate market needs into scalable, high-impact product offerings.
Harpreet holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies from the University of Delhi.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Kevin Zacharuk
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Private Equity, Data & Research
Kevin Zacharuk leads the Private Equity segment within the Data & Research division at Market Intelligence and is responsible for overall Private Equity segment performance. His primary responsibilities include leading business development, sourcing and prioritization of enhancements, uncovering new products or partnerships, managing GTM efforts, and any other activity accelerating products and services offered to private markets.
Kevin began his career at S&P Global in 2014 in our New York City office. He has held a variety of roles in Product Management across multiples products since 2018 and is now based out of Toronto, Canada.
Kevin holds an HBA from the Ivey School of Business.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ronen Feldman
Head of Technology, Quantitative Signals
Ronen Feldman is a Full Professor of Internet Studies at the Hebrew University Business School. He is currently Head of the Data Science Department.
Feldman is an expert in text mining and data mining, and his research areas include Information Extraction (IE), algorithmic trading, social networks, natural language processing, extracting meaning and relationships from text, and sentiment analysis from texts.
He has won the Abe Gray Prize for Excellence in Research, the Soref Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Bar-Ilan, and the Levi Eshkol Fellowship. Additionally, he has received academic grants from many institutions, including from the INTEL Corporation, MAFAAT, the Israel Science Foundation, the German-Israel Foundation, the Israeli Sciences and Arts Ministry, and the BSF (Bi-national Science Foundation).
Feldman earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University, and an B.Sc. in Math, Physics, and Computer Science from Hebrew University.
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Alex Kim
Ph.D. candidate
Alex Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in accounting at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. He received a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and a dual Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude, from Seoul National University.
Alex’s research mainly examines the information processing of investors in the capital market. Recently he has been interested in studying how large language models and artificial intelligence (AI) can assist investors' information processing and economic decision-making. His research has been featured in major media outlets such as Financial Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, and Forbes, and funded by Ernest R. Wish Ph.D. Research Fellowship and Fama-Miller Center for Finance Research.