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 21 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; Chief Executive Officer

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, development, and risk management of investment strategies.

Brad previously was a Managing Director at Tower Research Capital, a highly successful early pioneer in automated electronic trading. He has 10 years of industry experience covering 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.

Evan F. Wies
Partner; Chief Technology Officer

Evan joined Athena Capital Research as a partner in May 2004. Evan is lead architect of Athena’s trading platform and manages the development team and trading operations.

Prior to Athena, Evan gained considerable experience with software development and project management tasks as the Chief Technology 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).

Peter Buckley
Chief Operating Officer

Peter joined Athena Capital Research as COO in February 2009.

Prior to joining Athena, Peter was the Head of New Business for Tower Research Capital, overseeing operations and strategic initiatives for the firm. He also founded the London office and ran all European trading operations, serving as a Managing Director and COO. Before Tower Research, Peter was the Co-Head of Global New Business and Strategic Planning efforts for ICAP Electronic Broking, the world’s largest electronic fixed income exchange where he helped grow overall fixed income market share from 15% to over 65% during his tenure. His career includes 16 years of financial services experience, with a focus on capital markets and trading.

Peter graduated from Lehigh University and sat on the Board of Directors for the BATS Exchange, the third largest stock exchange in the world.




	Home About Us Background Culture Management Team Technology Challenges Open Source Careers 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 21 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; Chief Executive Officer 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, development, and risk management of investment strategies. Brad previously was a Managing Director at Tower Research Capital, a highly successful early pioneer in automated electronic trading. He has 10 years of industry experience covering 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. Evan F. Wies Partner; Chief Technology Officer Evan joined Athena Capital Research as a partner in May 2004. Evan is lead architect of Athena’s trading platform and manages the development team and trading operations. Prior to Athena, Evan gained considerable experience with software development and project management tasks as the Chief Technology 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). Peter Buckley Chief Operating Officer Peter joined Athena Capital Research as COO in February 2009. Prior to joining Athena, Peter was the Head of New Business for Tower Research Capital, overseeing operations and strategic initiatives for the firm. He also founded the London office and ran all European trading operations, serving as a Managing Director and COO. Before Tower Research, Peter was the Co-Head of Global New Business and Strategic Planning efforts for ICAP Electronic Broking, the world’s largest electronic fixed income exchange where he helped grow overall fixed income market share from 15% to over 65% during his tenure. His career includes 16 years of financial services experience, with a focus on capital markets and trading. Peter graduated from Lehigh University and sat on the Board of Directors for the BATS Exchange, the third largest stock exchange in the world.

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