Joaquin Trigueros

Dr. Joaquin Trigueros is a seasoned “quant” having spent the last 17 years in high performance trading environments at Greenwich Capital, JP Morgan, and Capula Global. He was the winner of the first D.E. Shaw Best Paper Award at the first annual CIFEr conference in 1997 for his pioneering research in genetic algorithms and programming applied to predictive variable selection in accounting and finance. Among his various research responsibilities were the overseeing of the propriety PRIMUS risk engine and the development of the trading decision making applications of the Proprietary Positioning Business (PPB) at JP Morgan. Dr. Trigueros earned his Ph.D. in accounting and finance from Tulane University in May 2000.