ANALYTICS · AI · DATA · SOFTWARE

Five-sigma rigor for
AI, data & software.

In physics, 5σ is the threshold for discovery — 99.99997% confidence. We hold our work to the same high standard of care.

10+ years serving clients across industries
Seed → $47B+ our client range — from startups to institutions
3 service verticals, one senior team
99.99997% the five-sigma confidence bar
◆ 01 — SERVICES

What We Do

Three verticals, one senior team.

01

AI Integration

Make AI real inside your business — from an honest readiness picture to production integrations.

  • AI readiness assessments
  • AI integrations into existing systems
  • Custom AI skills, MCP & tooling
02

Data & Custom Analytics

From raw data to defensible answers — infrastructure, models, and research built on peer-reviewed methods.

  • Data infrastructure — warehousing, data lakes, ETL
  • Custom analytics & predictive models
  • Custom research projects
03

Software Development

Full-stack builds that ship — the same engineering discipline we bring to trading infrastructure.

  • Backend systems & APIs
  • Front-end applications
  • End-to-end delivery
◆ 02 — TRACK RECORD

Built for demanding clients

Organizations we recently helped

CLIENT SCOPE SECTOR

$5B+ AUM hedge fund

A multi-strategy hedge fund manager with over $5B in assets, serving institutional investors worldwide through arbitrage and relative-value strategies.

Systematic model development, backend data engineering, and AI integrations for the trading desk — reporting directly to the CIO.

FINANCE

Financial Resilience Institute

The leading independent authority on household financial well-being — a non-profit that measures financial resilience through its peer-reviewed index, partnering with financial institutions and policymakers.

Ongoing data and analytics partnership — infrastructure, scoring, and custom research.

NON-PROFIT

Co-Operators

A leading multi-line insurance and financial services co-operative — founded in 1945, with $47B+ in assets under management and nearly 7,000 employees.

Scoring API onboarding and integration, delivered in partnership with the Financial Resilience Institute — connecting the co-operative's systems to household financial-resilience analytics.

INSURANCE

Clearmind Medicine

A Nasdaq-listed (CMND) clinical-stage biotech developing psychedelic-based treatments for alcohol use disorder, binge eating, and depression.

Custom research project — economic and costing analysis in support of the clinical program.

BIOTECH
◆ 04 — CONTACT

Start with a conversation.

A 15-minute intro call — your problem, our read on it, and whether five-sigma rigor is what it needs.

Book an intro call
◆ ABOUT

A senior team,
doing rigorous work.

The firm

5Sigma is a Toronto-based technical consultancy serving three verticals: AI integration, data & custom analytics, software development. We're a highly-experienced boutique serving clients from seed-stage startups to $47B+ AUM institutions, with the same standard of rigor applied throughout.

Portrait of Ivan Medovikov

Founded & led by
Prof. Ivan Medovikov

Ivan is a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at Brock University. His research develops peer-reviewed statistical methods for trading and analytics — the same methods 5Sigma brings to client engagements.

Before founding 5Sigma he spent a decade in senior systematic-strategy roles on the buy side, including Head of Systematic Strategies & Analytics at Price Street and Senior Consultant at Polar Asset Management Partners ($5B+ AUM).

  • Ph.D. Financial Econometrics — Western University
  • Tenured Associate Professor of Economics, Brock University
  • CIM — Chartered Investment Manager
Full profile at medovikov.com ↗