Ozlem Peksoy Bishop
Quantum Physicist → Financial Engineer → CDO | Corporate Strategy, Governance & Global Partnerships | Fmr. MSCI/Barra — EC/M&A Committee · 440+ Alliances · 75+ Countries | MIT Sloan
About
My path has been unconventional by design — quantum physics to derivatives trading to financial engineering to corporate strategy and data leadership. Every transition sharpened the same core skill ::: seeing how complex systems connect and making those connections work for people.
At MSCI/Barra, I spent 8.5 years doing exactly that — building and managing 440+ strategic alliances across 75+ countries, serving on the Executive Committee and M&A Committee, and leading business development across content, indices, algorithmics, and analytics. I structured partnerships in co-opetitive environments where trust and sustainable agreements matter more than leverage — an area I care about deeply and have contributed to at the academic level.
I consulted independently for over six years, with clients including Axioma (now part of Qontigo/SimCorp), advising on optimization, risk, and data strategy. Before all of this, I traded derivatives at major financial institutions — experience that grounds everything I do in real market dynamics, not theory.
As Chief Data Officer and Director of Research at Renaissance Park Corporation, I brought the same integrative lens to enterprise data strategy, governance and research — connecting technology, data, and humans into systems that actually work.
Beyond corporate life, I've served on nonprofit boards and completed two terms on the Marin County Department of Education board — because governance isn't just a professional interest, it's a responsibility I take personally. I'm a Climatebase Fellow and continue advising and mentoring emerging ventures.
Physics trained me to ask the right questions. Finance trained me to act under uncertainty. Strategy trained me to build what lasts with integrity as without trust all structures are destined to crumble.
I'm open to consulting engagements, advisory roles, and board opportunities where corporate strategy, data governance, and global partnership architecture need someone who connects the dots differently.
Experience
Independent Advisor | Fractional CDO
OCOZM
Jan 2026 – Present(4 mos)
Advising organizations to make sense of AI-accelerated complexity — from data governance and multi-agent systems to risk strategy and partnership ecosystems. Drawing on decades at the intersection of physics, finance, and technology to turn emerging capabilities into practical advantage. C-suite leadership to help navigate the convergence of AI, risk, and decision systems to build wiser futures.
Chief Data Officer & Director of Research
Renaissance Park Corporation · Sausalito, California, United States
Apr 2022 – Present(4 yrs 1 mo)
Leading enterprise data strategy, governance, and original R&D for a sustainable materials venture applying 4IR technologies (AI, IoT, ML) to nature-based industries creating an ecosystem. Desiging the architecture for Entourage, a proprietary industry data architecture consolidating intelligence across corporate, government, agricultural, and academic stakeholders. Developing ESG impact frameworks and data infrastructure to support scaling from campus-level operations to global deployment. Driving R&D at 3RL (Research, Regenerate, Reconnect Lab) and Project PRISM (Plant Research Initiative for Sustainable Materials) — advancing sustainable technologies to replace toxic materials through innovative research, collaboration, and commercialization. Equity holder.
Advisor
IOLEE Ecosystem Inc. · New York, New York, United States
Nov 2020 – Present(5 yrs 6 mos)
Strategic advisor and researcher at The Inside Out Learning Experience Ecosystem or IOLEE is a developmental process, which crosses the boundaries of different disciplines and practices including: systems science, process philosophy, mindfulness, neuroscience, and modern psychology, Eastern studies, quantum physics and medicine.
Mentor
Innogate · San Francisco Bay Area
Oct 2018 – Present(7 yrs 7 mos)
Advocating as a mentor for the ecosystem created by Innogate, an International Acceleration Program that connects technology companies with potential customers, investors, mentors and business partners in the USA market by providing training, consultancy and coaching at San Francisco, New York and Chicago offices in order to help successful companies in Turkey to expand into global markets.
Founder | Chief Advocate
OBC | VOB LLC · San Francisco Bay Area
Jul 2007 – Dec 2025(18 yrs 6 mos)
Consulting seed to late stage as well as established private equity ventures predominantly in technology space in sustainable growth strategy and design of all related governance ::: corporate/business/product/risk/data, strategic partnerships leveraging technology, advanced analytics, algorithms (AI/ML/ERP/ILM), and intelligence/network management (third parties/suppliers/channels/distributors/influencers) and operations (program/project/finance). ESG advocate. Mentor and hackathon judge. Advised ventures range from FinTech, financial information services, mobile mortgage, banking platform for underbanked, blockchain for music, edge computing for IoT, internet security, digital creative services, education, AI based entertainment, consumer legal services, international trade, meal delivery platform, food and transformational technologies. Flagship client: Axioma (now Qontigo/SimCorp), engaged for 3+ years in global data strategy consulting.
Business Intelligence Officer
Growth Group · San Francisco Bay Area
May 2018 – Feb 2021(2 yrs 10 mos)
Financial technology and services platform for underbanked markets.
Founder | CEO
Nestify, Inc. · San Francisco Bay Area
Mar 2010 – Feb 2011(1 yr)
Founded an online wealth management platform to empower consumers with a complete, dynamic view of their assets, liabilities, goals, and risks — predating the robo-advisor wave by several years. Designed an automated system drawing on risk model and analytics expertise from MSCI/Barra years. Assembled a world-class advisory team through the Founder Institute (Cohort 2, Palo Alto) including prominent Silicon Valley founders and investors as mentors and stakeholders. Backed by Silicon Valley Bank's chairman and DLA Piper.
Senior Manager — Global Data Strategy & Business Development
MSCI Inc. · Morgan Stanley Capital International, Inc. | Barra, Inc. (NYSE: MSCI)
Aug 1998 – Feb 2007(8 yrs 7 mos)
Global Data Strategy and Business Development in Content, EC/M&A Committee Conceptualized and managed business development in content, created new content products to monetize existing risk model assets and analytics, identifying and developing relationships with technology partners and distributors (> 440). Integrated content and analytics in distributors’ platforms and vice versa sitting on both sides of the table. • Built a strong partnership and alliances portfolio >150 partners globally. Mastered negotiating complex and unusual agreements, managed every phase and aspect of relationships, integrations and deployment of agreements ranging from tactical to strategic. • Headed Barra's mission critical global data strategy in addition to business development in content managing global market data budget. Exceeded ROI goals by both savings in procurement costs, adding revenues, creating value and expanded ecosystem. Envisioned and executed game changing deals expanding market share, reach and solutions portfolio. Supported M&A and divestitures. • Actively worked with industry forums and user groups such as SIIA, FISD, SIFMA, Web 2.0, REDAC, Redug, MDDL, GARP, ANNA, ASB, ANSI and ISO), specializing in software / data / content creation, production / integration, distribution, and related business processes. Spearheaded standardization efforts in data dev ops and XML for market data with the SIIA’s Financial Information Services Division to develop MDDL & RML (risk management XML). Built reputation for resolving conflicts and uniting. Served on advisory boards of global corporations (e.g. McGraw Hill and Interactive Data Corp.). Influenced corporate strategy of global banks and financial information technology companies (e.g. Lehman Brothers) • Advised strategists in retail, credit and market risks beyond equities and fixed income to multi asset classes (e.g. derivatives, funds, ETFs, REITs, structured products, municipal bonds, hedge funds and alternative investments)
Head of TMU | Advisor
TEB · BNP Paribas | TEB (EN Paris: BNP)
May 1995 – Aug 1998(3 yrs 4 mos)
Treasury Marketing Unit Head / Special Projects Advised on treasury information and risk-management systems concurrently with graduate studies spearheading treasury and real-time trading systems and integrations with third party front and back office applications and ERP. Led Treasury Marketing Unit trading derivatives and structured products for institutional investors. Managed FX and fixed-income assets over $150M (averaging 125% ROI), the current/effective and gold positions of the bank maximizing the RAROI.
Management Trainee
Garanti BBVA · Garanti Bank, Inc. (BIST: GARAN)
Nov 1994 – May 1995(7 mos)
Senior Trader
Ekinciler Investment & Securities, Inc.
Jun 1994 – Nov 1994(6 mos)
International Capital Markets Group
Senior Trader
Gentem, Inc.
Aug 1993 – Jun 1994(11 mos)
Derivatives Trading Group
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Certificate, Strategy and Innovation (by Rebecca Henderson)
Harvard Law School
Executive Certificates, Program On Negotiation (by William Ury)
Hawaii Pacific University
Master’s Degree, Master of Science in Information Systems
Hawaii Pacific University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance
Boğaziçi University
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics
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