Jennifer Drake

Jennifer Drake is a dynamic and accomplished executive with an ability to drive expansion and innovation, positioning companies for success in emerging sectors and growth areas. Jen’s combination of deep financial expertise and hands-on operational leadership, analytical rigor and intellectual curiosity, alongside her ability to build strong relationships and drive business development have helped position for success across industries. In 2024, Jen co-founded Adalabs with Nick Themelis, former Chief Information Officer and founder of MarketAxess, whose early adoption of machine learning and other AI applications drove material revenue and business line expansions and award-winning product innovations. Nick and Jen created Adalabs to help businesses seamlessly harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence – to provide expert advice and tailored solutions across the AI spectrum (machine learning, big data, natural language processing, large language models, multi-modal generative AI). Adalabs combines deep and longstanding technological expertise with strategy, finance and operational acumen to elevate decision-making and drive efficiencies, unlocking insight and competitive advantages.

Jen holds a BA with Honors in Physics from Williams College, where she performed Quantum Information Theory research for several years, graduating magna cum laude prior to beginning her career in finance. Jen is dedicated to philanthropy and has served on the board of several Robin Hood Foundation portfolio charities.