Jose Plehn-Dujowich
Founder & CEO, BrightQuery
Jose Plehn-Dujowich leads BrightQuery’s open data initiatives and drives the company’s mission to make the world more factual - one dataset at a time. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the AI Alliance, extending BQ’s commitment to responsible AI ecosystems.
With more than a decade of collaboration across federal statistical agencies, Jose brings unparalleled expertise in transforming regulatory filings into actionable intelligence for capital markets, underwriting, risk, and growth use cases.
Biography Snapshot
Jose was born in New York City, is of Mexican heritage, and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland where his parents worked for the United Nations. Inspired by his father’s diplomatic career advocating for emerging economies, Jose developed a lifelong commitment to strengthening the global economy and protecting the environment through factual data.
He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago and B.S. degrees in Economics, Mathematics, and Management Science from MIT.
Government & Data Partnerships
Jose’s academic research pipeline was shaped by hands-on work with statistical agencies, where he helped validate BrightQuery’s proprietary data imputation methodologies through back-testing.
Academic & Leadership Roles
• Faculty & Executive Director, Fink Center at UCLA Anderson
• Adjunct Accounting Professor, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
• Executive Director, Center for Financial Reporting & Management (Haas)
• Founder, Berkeley Charter of Professional Accountancy (BCPA)
• Assistant Professor of Accounting, Temple University
• Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Buffalo
Recognition & Impact
• 2015 Notable Contribution to the Accounting Literature Award (AAA & AICPA)
• NSF-funded research on businesses and industries
• Co-founder of Powerlytics via IP contribution (2011)
• Board Member, AI Alliance (aialliance.org)
Publications & Research
Jose’s scholarship focuses on modeling the financial and economic characteristics of businesses and industries by leveraging regulatory filings and predictive analytics.
Personal Mission
Building on decades of academic rigor and public-private collaboration, Jose continues to expand BrightQuery’s IP in predictive analytics and global datasets so that every stakeholder - from government agencies to capital markets and growth-stage companies - can make decisions grounded in the most factual data available.