Joel Blumenau

Joel Blumenau has over 18 years of work experience in various roles and industries. Joel currently works at AAR as the Senior Director - Strategy, Planning and Innovation, where they serve as a member of the Emerging Technology Investment Committee and oversees website design and maintenance. Prior to that, they were the Director - Strategy, Planning and Innovation at AAR. Before joining AAR, Joel worked at Peapod Digital Labs as a Brand Product Manager, where they managed the digital services communication flow and designed process improvements. Joel also has experience as a Senior Product Support Analyst at AAR, where they launched the Customer Success team and acted as a ScrumMaster. Joel has held positions such as Vice President of Customer Success at Code SixFour, Senior Options Trader/Team Partner at Caiman Trading, Portfolio Manager at SpiderRock Advisors, Vice President of Client Services and Equity Options Portfolio Manager/Head Trader at SpiderRock EXS, Director of Client Support at OptionsHouse, Inc., and Proprietary Options Trader at Peak6. Joel began their career as a Statistical Arbitrage Trader at Transmarket Group, LLC.

Joel Blumenau has a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Joel is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration and Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, they have obtained certifications in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Customer Experience Management, The Data Scientist's Toolbox, Data Analysis and Statistical Inference, Data Analytics, and Introduction to R.