Alex Castelazo

Alex serves as Sr. Manager of Data Science at PetSmart Charities where he applies advanced analytics to better understand the complex landscape of animal welfare. He began his career at Citigroup and American Express where his interest in database management, programming, and statistics grew into a passion for data science. He seeks to understand complex subjects by distilling them down to their principal components.

Pets have always been part of Alex’s life, including various cats, dogs and even a frog named Clyde. They helped him get through graduate school and deal with the most difficult moments in life. So, when the opportunity to help improve animal welfare presented itself at PetSmart Charities, he understood the value to contributing to this field of study.

Alex currently studies the factors that contribute to animal wellbeing in our communities and finds ways to improve the impact of funding in the animal welfare industry.