Emil Gilkes is a Principal Data Scientist at Equal Opportunity Ventures, where he works with portfolio companies to apply machine learning and data science across product development and business strategy. He partners closely with founders and leadership teams on analytics, modeling, and data products. His work focuses on helping early-stage companies build practical, scalable data capabilities across sectors.

Prior to joining EO, Emil held analytical and technical roles supporting data infrastructure, analytics systems, and the development of an e-commerce and logistics platform.

Emil earned a Master of Science in Data Science from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Skidmore College.