Bradley S. Banks
Partner | 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. (1997) and M.Eng. degrees in Computer Science (1999).