Leandro Capalleja

Leandro Capalleja currently holds the position of Director Portfolio Manager & Derivatives Trader at BlackRock since June 2025. Prior to this, Leandro served as a Trading Software Engineer at Tanius Technology, LLC, and as Head of Quantitative Research at Convex Asset Management LLC from March 2019 to June 2025. Previous roles include Quantitative Developer II at SpiderRock - Platform Services, Trader/Quantitative Analyst/Developer at CenterStar Asset Management, and Quantitative Analyst at Tenzan Capital LLC. Leandro began a career in the education sector as a GMAT Preparation Class Instructor at Kaplan Test Prep and worked as a Consultant at Manhattan Associates. Earlier experiences also include roles at Realization Technologies and Jacobs. Leandro holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.