Joel Waldman
Joel Waldman is a data intelligence executive with over a decade of experience translating complex datasets into strategic decision frameworks for some of the world's most consequential organizations.
Before founding Stradyn, Joel built and led data science and analytics practices serving Fortune 500 clients across professional sports, industrial manufacturing, global hospitality, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, private equity, and consumer brands. His work has centered on a single discipline: using structured data to surface the strategic narrative an organization cannot yet see — and translating that narrative into the decisions that move capital, operations, and risk.
Joel has led data science and analytics teams advising senior leadership at Fortune 10 industrials, top-tier financial institutions, leading academic medical centers, and global consumer franchises — engagements grounded in calibrated analysis, institutional rigor, and the discipline of turning complexity into action.
Asia-Pacific Desk
Senior analytical coverage of the Indo-Pacific strategic environment, with deep specialization in great power competition, maritime security architecture, and regional alliance dynamics.
Background in institutional policy research and regional security studies. Previously affiliated with leading strategic studies institutions in Europe and Asia.
Africa & Emerging Markets Desk
Senior analytical coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa and frontier emerging markets, with specialization in resource geopolitics, sovereign risk, and the intersection of development finance and political instability.
Background in multilateral economic policy and sovereign advisory. Previously engaged with African institutional and development finance environments at the senior level.