About the Authors

1. Yiping Guo, Ph.D., ASA.

    

   Yiping Guo is a Senior Quantitative Analyst at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). He holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo and has extensive experience in research and teaching across actuarial science, quantitative finance, and machine learning. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including the European Actuarial Journal, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, and Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods. He is also an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) and was named a James C. Hickman Scholar by the Society of Actuaries in 2022.

    

   Gabriel Necoechea, Ph.D.

    

   Gabriel Necoechea is Director, Content and UX and Africa & Middle East Markets with ACTEX Learning. Gabe earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Kansas State University in 2021. As an individual contributor and project manager, he has contributed to various aspects of front-end and back-end functionality on the Actuarial University platform; the digital transformation of ACTEX’s highly regarded written study manuals; and to the creation of new content, both written and video. Through his video work, he has developed hundreds of instructional videos for associate-level actuarial exam topics through slide- and script-writing, audio recording, and editorial oversight. The result is comprehensive, eLearning coverage of associate-level exams for SOA, CAS, and IFoA. Gabe speaks regularly at universities about actuarial education, with a particular focus on building relationships with students and professors in Africa and Middle East — when he's not spending time with his wife Nicole, twin cat 'sons,' and twin human daughters.