Josh Panknin

Josh is currently a member of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business Analytics and Financial Technology where he serves as the Director of Real Estate Artificial Intelligence Research & Innovation in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. He joined Columbia in 2016 and is the former Director of Real Estate Technology Initiatives at SEAS.  His focus is on using practical applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to address inefficiencies and create new capabilities within real estate.

Prior to academia, Josh spent 12 years in various roles in real estate.  He was Head of Credit Modeling and Analytics at Deutsche Bank’s secondary CMBS trading desk, where he helped develop and implement automated models for CMBS loan and bond valuation.  He also worked at the Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group and in various other roles in research, acquisitions, and redevelopment.  Josh has a master’s degree in finance from San Diego State University, a master’s degree in real estate finance from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, and is currently pursuing degrees in applied mathematics and data science at Columbia University.