Speaker: Dr. Iraklis Kourtidis
Date: 10 March 2025
Bio:
Iraklis Kourtidis (Co-founder & CEO) has worked in the financial industry for over 20 years. His past positions include hybrid trading / software development roles in various elite trading desks within Getco (now Virtu), Goldman Sachs, and UBS, where he was 1 of 2 developers working on iXt, a system that handled the largest equities trading volume in the US at the time. He jointly headed the team that built from scratch the technology for Cutler Group, one of the most successful trading businesses in the west coast. Most recently, he was inventing and implementing investment logic for Wealthfront, the most sophisticated automated investment advisor. He has passed several regulatory exams (including Series 65 - Registered Investment Adviser). Iraklis received a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Miami in 2000, and a BA in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1996.