You are putting way too much weight on the associate vs fellow credential. I say that as a credentialed Fellow. A fellowship is a very impressive achievement and should be a consideration for hiring for top positions, but based on the press release linked in the article, Tyszkiewicz has been working for decades in important, relevant roles. That's worth a lot.
> Marek Tyszkiewicz has more than 33 years of actuarial experience, with a specialty in public-sector retirement benefits. Most recently, Tyszkiewicz served as President of Numeric Integrity Controls LLC, a firm dedicated to providing independent actuarial audits and quality control. In this role, Tyszkiewicz worked with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) redesigning, rewriting, and testing their actuarial tools. He also provided continuing education and training for CalPERS’ in-house actuaries. Tyszkiewicz also led technology practices that provided actuarial and pension administration solutions to public-sector retirement systems. Tyszkiewicz is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
The membership in the American Academy of Actuaries is part of what qualifies someone to issue statements of actuarial opinion. Associates are allowed to obtain it because they are qualified to do so with the requisite experience.
I don't know anything about either candidate beyond what's in the article (I don't work in the pensions sector either, for what it's worth). I expect it would be difficult to prove that Tyszkiewicz is objectively less qualified, but if Chu proves that his ethnicity or sexuality were considered by the board as he alleges he was told, he'd have a slam dunk case. Based on the only alleged reference to his age, concluding that his youth was a determining factor seems like a reach to me, but I'm not a lawyer and I understand why they'd tack it on.
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You are putting way too much weight on the associate vs fellow credential. I say that as a credentialed Fellow. A fellowship is a very impressive achievement and should be a consideration for hiring for top positions, but based on the press release linked in the article, Tyszkiewicz has been working for decades in important, relevant roles. That's worth a lot.
> Marek Tyszkiewicz has more than 33 years of actuarial experience, with a specialty in public-sector retirement benefits. Most recently, Tyszkiewicz served as President of Numeric Integrity Controls LLC, a firm dedicated to providing independent actuarial audits and quality control. In this role, Tyszkiewicz worked with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) redesigning, rewriting, and testing their actuarial tools. He also provided continuing education and training for CalPERS’ in-house actuaries. Tyszkiewicz also led technology practices that provided actuarial and pension administration solutions to public-sector retirement systems. Tyszkiewicz is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
The membership in the American Academy of Actuaries is part of what qualifies someone to issue statements of actuarial opinion. Associates are allowed to obtain it because they are qualified to do so with the requisite experience.
I don't know anything about either candidate beyond what's in the article (I don't work in the pensions sector either, for what it's worth). I expect it would be difficult to prove that Tyszkiewicz is objectively less qualified, but if Chu proves that his ethnicity or sexuality were considered by the board as he alleges he was told, he'd have a slam dunk case. Based on the only alleged reference to his age, concluding that his youth was a determining factor seems like a reach to me, but I'm not a lawyer and I understand why they'd tack it on.