Algirdas Grybas is an experienced technology leader in the financial sector, currently serving as the Head of Technology for North America at Marshall Wace since October 2020. Prior to this role, Algirdas was the Technology Lead at Alphadyne Asset Management, where significant projects included the design and implementation of a Market Data Platform and the development of a backtesting engine for trading strategies. Algirdas has also held positions at Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Deutsche Bank AG, with a focus on software development, trading technology, and risk management. Algirdas holds an MSc in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and a BSc in Mathematics from Jacobs University Bremen.