Clark is a mathematician whose career spans academia, industry, and a wide array of applied research domains. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Northwestern University in 2008, specializing in noncommutative geometry, quantum groups, and mathematical physics. Since then, he has authored nearly two dozen academic papers, appeared on podcasts, and published articles in popular science magazines.

His professional experience includes roles as a data scientist, stock analyst, electricity trader, credit union consultant, quantum computing researcher, and Head of AI for a logistics and supply chain company. Recognized for authoring one of the seminal papers in quantum finance, Clark now works with Nettle to translate between data, mathematics, and physics, applying his diverse expertise to complex optimization and forecasting problems.