Carl Jacobson

Carl Jacobson is a quantitative analyst at Morningstar since September 2022, having previously completed the Associate Quantitative Analyst role as part of the Morningstar Development Program in the Quantitative Research Track. Prior to this, Carl served as a Financial Technology Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies, focusing on subjects such as Python, data analytics, algorithmic trading, machine learning, cloud deployment, blockchain development, and cryptocurrency. Carl gained early experience as a Quantitative Analyst Intern at Zacks Investment Management, where responsibilities included writing Python code to backtest equity trading strategies. Carl holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University, with areas of study in Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, and Computer Information Technology.