Bruce Tsai

Co-founder & CEO, Kuhnelo Inc.

Adjunct Professor, UCLA

Hello! Name's Bruce. I am the co-founder and CEO of Kuhnelo Inc., a full-stack research project management platform. I'm also a political economist currently on an academic hiatus while I build Kuhnelo Inc. with the best pilot and engineer I know.

I am currently an adjunct faculty at UCLA. I am teaching/have taught classes in: data analytics at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, business communications at the Anderson School of Management, statistical computing and programming at the Statistics Department, developmental economics and international relations at the Political Science Department.

I have worn many hats in the past, having been: a consulting data scientist for Google People Operations (APAC), a C4I subject matter expert for the Singapore Army, and a short stint in materials engineering at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering.

I obtained both my Ph.D. in Political Science/International Relations and my B.S. Statistics from UCLA, graduating as the commencement speaker for the latter.

My primary research focuses on the implications of securitization in international political economy, specifically in how securitization techniques first developed for high yield securities can be utilized for sovereign debt. My secondary research focuses on developing new methods in stochastic modeling, graph centrality, and Monte Carlo simulations.

Further Information

For detailed information about my work and research, please refer to the following sections:

Kuhnelo Inc. — Information about the research management platform and its development
Research — Academic research on international political economy and related methodological work
Teaching — Course listings and teaching philosophy across multiple UCLA departments