Athena Capital Research

A key element to our firm’s success is the background, experience, and skills of our team members. Although our partners have a combined 17 years of hedge fund experience, we pride ourselves on our team’s strong roots in software engineering, statistics, and other technical and quantitative fields.

Bradley S. Banks
Co-Founder; Managing Partner

Brad co-founded Athena Capital Research in June 2003. He is responsible for overall management and growth of the company, in addition to overseeing research and development of investment strategies.

Brad previously worked at Tower Research Capital, a highly successful early pioneer in automated electronic trading. His 7 years of industry experience focused on operations, personnel, and portfolio management, as well as development of quantitative trading strategies.

Prior to Tower, Brad attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he attained S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer Science (1999). Brad’s deep passion for Artificial Intelligence, technology, and statistics is visibly demonstrated in his graduate thesis research, which focused on the extraction of patterns from large data sets through statistical and machine learning techniques.

Wesley C. Chow
Co-Founder; Managing Partner; Director of Technology

Wes co-founded Athena Capital Research in June 2003. At Athena, Wes is responsible for risk management and for overseeing the technological aspects of our automated trading infrastructure.

Prior to Athena, Wes worked at Tower Research Capital as an Infrastructure Developer. While there, he developed key pieces of automated trading technology, gave input on risk management systems, and helped in developing tools to make strategy research faster and easier.

Wes, who earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley (2000), is skilled with computer systems at all levels and in many domains, from hardware and network components to software design and implementation. He is also involved in several open source projects, embodying our spirit of giving back to the communities we draw from.

Evan F. Wies
Partner; Director of Development

Evan joined Athena Capital Research as a partner in May 2004, after having worked with Athena in a consulting role starting in November of 2003. Evan is lead architect of Athena Capital’s software systems and manages the development team.

Prior to Athena, Evan gained considerable experience with software development and project management tasks as the Chief Technical Officer of Mindengine, a Brooklyn-based game development studio. In addition to his stint with Mindengine, Evan served as Research Engineer and the Internet Technology Manager of Immersion Corporation from 1997-2000. He has been issued four US patents in the field of haptics.

Evan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he completed his M.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1998). He also earned dual S.B. degrees at MIT: one in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1996), and one in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (1997).




	Home About Us Background Culture Management Team Technology Challenges Open Source Careers Bounties Investors Contact Us	Management A key element to our firm’s success is the background, experience, and skills of our team members. Although our partners have a combined 17 years of hedge fund experience, we pride ourselves on our team’s strong roots in software engineering, statistics, and other technical and quantitative fields. Bradley S. Banks Co-Founder; Managing Partner Brad co-founded Athena Capital Research in June 2003. He is responsible for overall management and growth of the company, in addition to overseeing research and development of investment strategies. Brad previously worked at Tower Research Capital, a highly successful early pioneer in automated electronic trading. His 7 years of industry experience focused on operations, personnel, and portfolio management, as well as development of quantitative trading strategies. Prior to Tower, Brad attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he attained S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in Computer Science (1999). Brad’s deep passion for Artificial Intelligence, technology, and statistics is visibly demonstrated in his graduate thesis research, which focused on the extraction of patterns from large data sets through statistical and machine learning techniques. Wesley C. Chow Co-Founder; Managing Partner; Director of Technology Wes co-founded Athena Capital Research in June 2003. At Athena, Wes is responsible for risk management and for overseeing the technological aspects of our automated trading infrastructure. Prior to Athena, Wes worked at Tower Research Capital as an Infrastructure Developer. While there, he developed key pieces of automated trading technology, gave input on risk management systems, and helped in developing tools to make strategy research faster and easier. Wes, who earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley (2000), is skilled with computer systems at all levels and in many domains, from hardware and network components to software design and implementation. He is also involved in several open source projects, embodying our spirit of giving back to the communities we draw from. Evan F. Wies Partner; Director of Development Evan joined Athena Capital Research as a partner in May 2004, after having worked with Athena in a consulting role starting in November of 2003. Evan is lead architect of Athena Capital’s software systems and manages the development team. Prior to Athena, Evan gained considerable experience with software development and project management tasks as the Chief Technical Officer of Mindengine, a Brooklyn-based game development studio. In addition to his stint with Mindengine, Evan served as Research Engineer and the Internet Technology Manager of Immersion Corporation from 1997-2000. He has been issued four US patents in the field of haptics. Evan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he completed his M.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1998). He also earned dual S.B. degrees at MIT: one in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (1996), and one in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (1997).

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