Rishi K Narang is the Founding Principal of T2AM and manages T2AM’s investment activities. Rishi began his career as a Global Investment Strategist for Citibank Alternative Investment in 1996. He then co-founded Tradeworx, Inc., a quantitative hedge fund manager, in 1999 and acted as its President until his departure in 2002. For three years, he was the co-Portfolio Manager and a Managing Director at Santa Barbara Alpha Strategies before founding T2AM, LLC in 2005. Rishi is the author of Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Quantitative and High-Frequency Trading, and organizes the Inside the Black Box ("ITBB") quantitative investing conference series. He is on the Board of Directors of Village Health Works, and is an Advisor to DARPA, Planet Labs, AngelList, Hyperion Decimus, Mission Road Sound, McKinley Capital, and Equeum. Mr. Narang completed his BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Dave DeMers is Head of Research at T2AM. Dave began his finance career with the Prediction Company in Santa Fe, NM in 1994, where he built statistical arbitrage systems for global equities, developed risk models and engaged in micro-structure research. In 2001, he founded Black Mesa Capital under the Paloma Partner's umbrella. Black Mesa focused on quantitative modeling and algorithmic trading for global equities. Dave joined SAC Capital in 2010 as a portfolio manager running an internal "alpha capture" center book. "Retiring" in 2013, he returned to California. He has been consulting for a family office, advising multimanager funds on center book strategies, teaching Statistical Arbitrage at Stanford and contemplating real retirement. Dave was the keynote speaker at the 2017 R/Finance conference on "Risks Fast and Slow". Dave graduated from Stanford with a degree in applied math, received a joint JD/MBA from UCLA, and earned a PhD in Machine Learning/Robotics from UC San Diego.

Julie Wilson is T2AM’s COO and CCO. She is responsible for the operations and regulatory compliance of the firm. In addition, she manages all investor relations and marketing functions. Julie began her career at T2AM in 2005 as an Associate. She became an Analyst in 2007 and was responsible for management of the proprietary due diligence process utilized by T2AM. In 2012, Julie became Head of Investor Relations, handling all client relationships and event management. She has also been involved with operational due diligence, investment due diligence and portfolio monitoring. Julie completed her BA in Business Economics at University of California at Santa Barbara.

Timothy Long, CFA, is Senior Investment Analyst at T2AM, responsible for investment due diligence. Tim began his hedge fund career in 2008, managing the electronic trading system and daily execution for market-neutral and enhanced indexed equity portfolios at Agoralogos. In 2010, he joined AdAstra Capital Management where he frequently led their due diligence process and analyzed a wide spectrum of investment strategies. Tim has a MS in Financial Engineering from Claremont Graduate University. 

Samantha Broussard-Wilson is a Senior Associate at T2AM. Samantha completed her BA in Art History at Yale University, and she received an MA from the University of San Francisco.

Stephen P. Boyd is a Scientific Advisor to T2AM, assisting the firm with special research projects. Professor Boyd is the Samsung Professor of Engineering, and Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and SIAM, a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His current research focus is on convex optimization applications in control, signal processing, finance, and circuit design. Professor Boyd has authored and co-authored many research articles and three books: Convex Optimization, Linear Matrix Inequalities in System and Control Theory, and Linear Controller Design: Limits of Performance. His group has produced many open source tools, including CVX, CVXPY and Convex.jl, widely used parser-solvers for convex optimization. Professor Boyd has received many awards and honors for his research in control systems engineering and optimization, as well as numerous teaching awards. Most recently, he received the Walter J. Gores award, the highest award for teaching at Stanford University. At Stanford he has served as Director of the Information Systems Laboratory, Chair of the Library Committee, Chair of the David Packard EE Building Planning & Design Committee, and as a member of the Advisory Board. Professor Boyd received an AB degree in Mathematics, summa cum laude, from Harvard University in 1980, and a PhD in EECS from U. C. Berkeley in 1985. He also holds an honorary doctorate from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.