David Magerman is the founder of the Kohelet Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission is to improve the quality, efficiency and affordability of Jewish education in the Greater Philadelphia area. Citron + Rose is the realization of David’s longstanding mission to bring great Kosher dining to the Philadelphia area to contribute towards a more vibrant, stable Jewish community. Previously, David was a research scientist and head of production for Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund management company. Before coming to Renaissance, David was an artificial intelligence researcher at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. David has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, along with a B.A. in Mathematics and B.S.E. in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.