Tech Ridge Tech Lunch: John Candido, Co-Founder @ Davanti

Location: Dixie Technical College - Main Foyer

Address: 610 South Tech Ridge Drive, St. George, UT 84770

Date: 3 May

Welcome to the new Tech Ridge Tech Lunch. Every month on the First Friday we will still have food and we will still have a special guest but we are dumping the classroom and the stuffy chairs for a "reception" style event where smart people come to meet other smart people and make friends.

Our special guest will be John Candido, managing partner at Nuovo Advisors and co-founder of Davanti. We will start with an introduction to our sponsor, then move to John for 10 minutes of intro and Q&A, and then on to the intros. We will have everyone in the building give a quick intro of themselves and then spend the rest of the hour talking and visiting with one another.

About John

John is the Managing Partner of Nuovo Advisors and Co-Founder of Davanti.

Notable industry achievements include:

• A client list including PayPal, UPS, Honey, Clicklease and Tala
• Leading strategic partnerships such as the public announcement between Visa, Circle, Stellar and Tala
• Serving as Head of Data Science & Modeling at ZestFinance, where he led, managed and built teams of 20+ for over seven years
• Leading on all of the startup’s major products and partnerships, most notably with companies such as JD.com, Baidu, Ford Motor Credit, Discover and Synchrony
• Speaking on multiple industry panels such as Lendit Fintech, American Banker’s BankAI and the Marketplace Lending Summit as a subject matter expert on machine learning for credit executive
• Achieving the level of Competitions Master from the Google owned company Kaggle, for his stellar and consistent performance in real world machine learning competitions

John has an education in both finance and psychology research, holding a Bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Chapman University

About Nuovo Advisors

Nuovo Advisors is a consulting firm that specializes in providing executive level data science and modeling services for partners that are looking to implement AI and Machine Learning to drive business results.

About Davanti

Davanti is a crypo-native AI software company that enables on-chain inference and machine learning applications for decentralized financial markets.

About Tech Ridge

Located on the former St. George Airport site overlooking downtown St. George, the 180-acre Tech Ridge Master Plan redefines the modern urban center. This smart, mixed-use development draws innovative tech companies and amplifies their ability to attract and retain top talent. The mix of workspaces, shops, and eateries promote a dynamic social lifestyle, including 60 acres of easily accessible trails, parks, and open space, all surrounded by the striking red cliffs of Southern Utah. Tech Ridge is focused on retaining top talent from our area!