David Kang

Advancing applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Capital One and beyond.

Led Capital One's suite of consumer auto digital products, including our Auto Navigator flagship. Drove brand awareness with national mass advertising and performance marketing. Credit Officer, responsible for expanding margins with credit policy and pricing optimization.

Delivered A.I.-enabled approaches to targeting, bidding, personalization, and creative optimization in all digital channels. Built brand awareness with mass media. Managed credit policy and pricing for direct-to-consumer auto lending.

Drove efficiency and personalization in marketing spend and tactics for the Consumer Auto Finance business, applying machine learning-enabled analytics to media buying and ad operations and rolling out agile marketing practices. Implemented customer data lake, data management platform, and multi-touch attribution model. Responsibilities covered Brand and Content Marketing, Demand Generation, Acquisition and Conversion, Marketing Tech Platforms and Data Science.

Shaped Capital One’s digital transformation agenda for Auto Finance and Home Loans businesses. Implemented Financial Services Division’s strategy for growth by driving special initiatives, evaluating investments, acquisitions, and new asset classes/partnerships. Drove initiatives across operations, marketing, sales, and digital groups to deliver improvements at critical moments in the home and car financing and ownership experience, leveraging net promoter score analytics.

Core member of Travel, Transportation, and Logistics practice and co-leader of Digital / Distribution service line. Work with airlines, hotels, and freight rail in distribution/e-commerce, commercial systems, merger management, and advanced analytics applications.

Work in big data and advanced analytics, pricing & revenue management with focus on commercial distribution in Travel/Transportation. Merger management work in air travel and freight/logistics focused on commercial integration. Work in U.S., Germany, Latin America, Netherlands.

Based in Atlanta; additional work in China, France, U.K., and UAE with particular focus on commercial strategy in commercial air travel, air cargo, and hotels.

Supported North America Operations leadership on projects to support and drive performance of 457 hotels.

Based in Singapore; additional work in Malaysia, Russia and Japan.

Based in Atlanta; additional work in United Kingdom, Malaysia, Netherlands, Czech Republic.

Financial Sponsors Group. Identified advisory and acquisition financing opportunities for private equity firms and corporate clients. Developed financial models for leveraged buyouts.

Appraised and created economic models used for gas pipeline profit projection and asset valuation.

Co-wrote an article and compiled employment data on urban oil industry consolidation with chief economist Robert W. Gilmer. Published in Houston Business, a Federal Reserve periodical.

Graduated with Distinction.

Magna Cum Laude. Academic All-Ivy.