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Hi, I'm Oliver J. Scholten, a computer scientist and software engineer with a focus on data engineering. I completed my PhD at the University of York at age 24, then spent several years across hedge fund/commodity trading engineering roles in London.

My weekly newsletter contains all the lessons, challenges, and tools I'm using to build an independent company as a technical founder, and how to navigate the world of business with this mixed academic/corporate skillset after leaving the city.

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Intelligence As A Business Function

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Thinking Internationally

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Okay fine, here's my PhD Thesis, which covers blockchain transaction analysis for behavioural profiling. I won't be sharing anything that technical in my newsletter, but I'm always interested in new developments in cryptography and applied behavioural science.