THÁRSIS SOUZA, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Product Management

Two Sigma

Tharsis Souza is a computer scientist passionate about data-driven products. He is Senior Vice President of Product Management, Modeling Engineering at Two Sigma Investments and Lecturer at Columbia University, Faculty member of the MSc. in Applied Analytics program.

Prior to Two Sigma, he spent 10+ years delivering new technology products in a variety of companies from start-ups to Fortune 500’s in the U.S., Brazil, and the U.K. He’s an author of scholarly publications and a regular speaker in academic and business conferences. He also enjoys mentoring under-represented students & working professionals.

Tharsis holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCL, University of London following an M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering.