Speaker Bio
Jaffray Woodriff
CEO & Chief Scientist, Quantitative Investment Management LLC
CEO & Chief Scientist, Quantitative Investment Management LLC
Jaffray is CEO & Chief Scientist of QIM, which he co-founded in 2003. He has over 30 years of experience developing quantitative trading systems. Jaffray guides the firm’s broader research efforts. He and the research team are responsible for the innovation and improvement of all QIM’s models and techniques that underlie the firm’s predictions, risk management, and trading. In 2000, he and Michael Geismar co-founded DHR LLC., an equities investment program. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a director in the Treasury department, trading proprietary funds in futures, currencies, and U.S. equities for Société Générale. In 1994, Jaffray founded Woodriff Trading as a CTA, managing client money until 1997. He also served as head trader for Blue Ridge Trading from 1991 to 1994. Jaffray graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991 with a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce. The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science was funded by a major donation from the Quantitative Foundation, where Jaffray serves as a trustee. Jaffray is an avid squash player, and has been honored with a U.S. Squash Special Recognition Award for his leadership and substantial contributions to squash in the U.S.A.
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Jaffray is CEO & Chief Scientist of QIM, which he co-founded in 2003. He has over 30 years of experience developing quantitative trading systems. Jaffray guides the firm’s broader research efforts. He and the research team are responsible for the innovation and improvement of all QIM’s models and techniques that underlie the firm’s predictions, risk management, and trading. In 2000, he and Michael Geismar co-founded DHR LLC., an equities investment program. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a director in the Treasury department, trading proprietary funds in futures, currencies, and U.S. equities for Société Générale. In 1994, Jaffray founded Woodriff Trading as a CTA, managing client money until 1997. He also served as head trader for Blue Ridge Trading from 1991 to 1994. Jaffray graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991 with a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce. The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science was funded by a major donation from the Quantitative Foundation, where Jaffray serves as a trustee. Jaffray is an avid squash player, and has been honored with a U.S. Squash Special Recognition Award for his leadership and substantial contributions to squash in the U.S.A.
Partner, President, Thalēs
Edouard Robbes is a Partner at Thalēs where he leads the firm's manager sourcing, capital introduction, and capital raising efforts. Before Thalēs, Edouard held a similar position at Société Générale in New York. Prior to this, he was a hedge fund analyst and portfolio manager at AXA Investment Managers and began his career in 2002 as a hedge fund analyst at SG Asset Management. Edouard received a B.S. in Economics and a M.S. in Finance from Université Paris-Dauphine, France.
CEO & Chief Scientist, Quantitative Investment Management LLC
Jaffray is CEO & Chief Scientist of QIM, which he co-founded in 2003. He has over 30 years of experience developing quantitative trading systems. Jaffray guides the firm’s broader research efforts. He and the research team are responsible for the innovation and improvement of all QIM’s models and techniques that underlie the firm’s predictions, risk management, and trading. In 2000, he and Michael Geismar co-founded DHR LLC., an equities investment program. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a director in the Treasury department, trading proprietary funds in futures, currencies, and U.S. equities for Société Générale. In 1994, Jaffray founded Woodriff Trading as a CTA, managing client money until 1997. He also served as head trader for Blue Ridge Trading from 1991 to 1994. Jaffray graduated from the University of Virginia in 1991 with a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce. The University of Virginia’s School of Data Science was funded by a major donation from the Quantitative Foundation, where Jaffray serves as a trustee. Jaffray is an avid squash player, and has been honored with a U.S. Squash Special Recognition Award for his leadership and substantial contributions to squash in the U.S.A.