Brett is a talented mathematician whose ability was recognized and nurtured from an early age. He was one of the first people to trade volatility directly and eliminate the difficulties inherent in utilizing traditional equity derivatives for volatility trading.
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Patrick was instrumental in the development of Certeza’s purpose-built software systems designed to analyze option & volatility markets.
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Jim joined the leadership team at Certeza in 2019 to focus on the day-to-day operations, compliance, business development and marketing. He is a member of the investment committee.
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Brett is a talented mathematician whose ability was recognized and nurtured from an early age. He was an early adopter of trading VIX derivatives directly when they launched in 2004 because of his strong belief in their ability to eliminate the difficulties inherent in utilizing traditional equity derivatives for volatility trading.
His early entry into this new asset class allowed him to redefine and create specialized algorithms which would locate perceived statistical inefficiencies specific to VIX futures.
In 2011, he launched Certeza Asset Management, in order to offer access to this expertise to outside investors. Brett is CIO of Certeza and a member of the investment committee.
He holds a B.S. in Finance from Utah State University (Jon M. Huntsman School of Business) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) Charterholder.
Patrick was instrumental in the development of Certeza’s purpose-built software systems designed to analyze option & volatility markets. He has the ability to design in over 15 different programming languages and has an extensive understanding of computational mathematics and statistics.
Patrick has been involved with our parent firm Certeza Asset Management since it was founded in 2011 and is a member of the investment committee.
While at Utah State University, he spent time with the Physics Department developing software to analyze experimental data collected by the Atmospheric Lidar Observatory.
He holds a B.S. in Computer Science with a Professional Emphasis in Science from Utah State University.
Jim joined the leadership team at Certeza Asset Management in 2019 to focus on the day-to-day operations, compliance, business development and marketing. He is a member of the investment committee.
Prior to Certeza, Jim held various roles at Goldman Sachs both in the US and Europe during a 12-year career with the firm. Areas of focus included quantitative portfolio management and risk management for large institutions. Additionally, he was a private wealth advisor to family offices, non-profits and UHNWIs.
He holds a B.S. in Finance from Utah State University (Jon M. Huntsman School of Business), a Masters in Finance from the London Business School and is a Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) Charterholder.