About us
Tara Raafat
Head of (Semantic) Metadata and Knowledge graph Strategy, Office of the CTO, Bloomberg
Dr. Tara Raafat is the head of Bloomberg's metadata strategy at the CTO office. Tara is a semantic technologies specialist with 15+ years of experience in semantic knowledge modeling and knowledge driven applications in domains including but not limited to finance, healthcare, and insurance. Prior to joining Bloomberg, as a chief ontologist in Mphasis Tara helped create smart compliance solutions and was one of the founders of NextAngles, a next-gen AI/Semantic-based platform for regulatory and compliance. Tara holds a Ph.D. in Information System Engineering from the UK. She is an avid promoter of humanitarian tech and women in technology and serves on the board of Knowledge Graphs for Good.
Davide D’Amico
Ontology Specialist, Bloomberg
Dr. Davide D’Amico leads semantic modelling and data standardisation initiatives at Bloomberg, where he has developed training programs that upskilled hundreds of employees and championed ontology-driven methodologies across the firm. Holding a Ph.D. in Digital Engineering, he has published peer-reviewed work on cognitive digital twins and formal ontologies, and contributed to the Industrial Ontology Foundry (IOF). His technical expertise spans RDF, OWL, SPARQL, SHACL, and top-level ontology-based data systems. Prior to Bloomberg, he lectured at Cranfield University, specialising in Ontology-based Data Management with a focus on Digital Twins. Bridging academia and industry, he has played a key role in multiple financial and research ontology initiatives and frequently presents on semantic web technologies in both educational and industry settings.