Stephen Pounds

Stephen Pounds is an advisor at Axiom Exergy. Stephen has also worked as an AI and ML engineer at Rebellion Defense, co-founder at Clean Disposal, and in various roles involving trading systems, quantitative research and development, and risk management at ICE, ING, and Southern Company.

Pounds began their career in 2003 as a risk systems analyst at Southern Company. In 2006, they transitioned to ING, where they worked on developing trading systems. Four years later, they joined ICE in a role that combined financial engineering with risk management and AIML. In 2018, they left ICE to co-found Clean Disposal. The following year, they took a position at Rebellion Defense as an AI and ML engineer. In August of 2022, they accepted their current position as an advisor at Axiom Exergy.

Stephen Pounds earned a BS in Applied Mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Stephen then went on to earn an MS in Quantitative and Computational Finance from the same school. Finally, they earned an MBA in Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.