GrowthFactor Labs
Meet your Labs team.
Every GrowthFactor Labs engagement is staffed with a dedicated team of quantitative analysts, data scientists, and real estate experts.
Founder-led. Every Labs engagement is overseen directly by our CEO and CTO — never handed off. We staff the rest of the team flexibly based on the analytical problem you bring us.
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Your Labs Engagement
Scoped to your brand
Core
Specialized Analysis
Team Size
3–5
dedicated analysts
Engagement Leadership
Rick Vanzura
President
Harvard Business School & Santa Clara University
- 25+ years of C-level retail and foodservice leadership
- CEO of Wahlburgers — scaled from 1 location to 100+
- EVP & Co-COO of Panera Bread during national expansion
- Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer at GameStop
Clyde Anderson
Co-Founder & CEO
University of Chicago & MIT Sloan
- Executive-level analytics strategy & client leadership
- Translating complex data into clear business decisions
- Driving end-to-end engagement quality
Raj Shrimali
Co-Founder & CTO
Georgia Tech & MIT Sloan — Former Deloitte AI Strategist
- AI implementation in enterprise environments
- Designing scalable data & machine learning systems
- Bridging strategy and technical execution
Statistics & Methodology
Fernando Montes
Senior Statistician
Columbia University & University of Texas at San Antonio — PhD of Applied Statistics
- Statistical modeling & quantitative analysis
- Data validation, integrity & methodology design
- Translating complex datasets into clear, actionable insights
Modeling & Forecasting
Bruno Kim
Data Scientist — Forecasting
Duke University (Fuqua) & NYU — Business Analytics & Data Science
- Glass-box forecasting model development
- Scenario modeling & predictive analytics
- Building transparent, explainable models for business users
Bruce Liu
Data Scientist — Modeling
NYU & Boston University (Questrom) — Finance & Business Analytics
- Financial modeling & forecasting
- Glass-box model optimization & application
- Translating model outputs into strategic decisions
Real Estate & Implementation
Banks Platford
Real Estate Analyst
University of Chicago & Chicago Booth — Economics & Management Finance
- Real estate market analysis & site-level evaluation
- Platform implementation & client onboarding
- Translating model outputs into deal-ready recommendations
- Claude MCP specialist
How Staffing Works
We scope the team to your business question.
Every engagement is staffed based on problem fit — the right analysts, the right methodology, overseen by our founders from start to finish.
Scoped Engagement
GrowthFactor Labs
A custom data science engagement built around a specific business question. EDA, revenue forecasting model, and hypothesis testing — delivered, explained, and defended.
- Exploratory data analysis
- Custom revenue forecasting model
- Glass box methodology
- Add-on: cannibalization, white space, portfolio audit
Embedded Partnership
Labs Partner
An ongoing data science partnership with quarterly model refreshes, direct team access, and continuous strategic support.
- Everything in Labs, continuously
- Dedicated data scientists on weekly calls
- Quarterly model refreshes
- Direct Slack access to your team
See who'd be on your team.
Labs starts with a conversation. Tell us about your growth agenda and we'll show you exactly how we'd staff it.