Sebastian Rücker

Sebastian Rücker is the current head of applications and machine learning at OptioPay. Prior to this, they were the AI lead in Germany for QiO Technologies and also worked as a team lead data science for ADVISORI FTC GmbH. Sebastian has also worked as a senior consultant for EXXETA AG, where they were responsible for heading the in-house development of a multi commodity portfolio management solution for optimization and risk-analysis of complex energy portfolios. Sebastian has also advised clients on the use of optimal risk management strategies and portfolio management strategies. Sebastian started their career as a trainee for Commerzbank – Equity Flow Trading, where they wrote their diploma thesis in cooperation with the ETF Desk. Sebastian also designed a hedging algorithm for the desks’ automatic trading system, built a tick-database with real time Reuters interface using Pyton/pySQlite, and performed time series analysis and built a back testing environment using R.