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David Sargent Wood is the Chief Quantitative Strategist at Brooklyn Investment Group (BKLN). He manages the portfolio management team and oversees day-to-day systematic investment management processes.

At Brooklyn, he is responsible for the conception, implementation, and enhancement of quantitative strategies and risk analytics for the full range of investment services, including portfolio construction model, risk modeling, portfolio optimization and valuation analytics.

Before joining Brooklyn in 2022, David held the position of Head of Quantitative Strategies at Hum Capital, where he led systematic underwriting in capital market syndication and principal investments. His background also includes a role as a quantitative researcher with Credit Suisse’s Quantitative Investment Strategies group (QIS), focusing on systematic multi-asset strategies. Moreover, he co-owned a Chicago-based algorithmic trading boutique, with a specialization in oil futures.

David’s academic background includes a Ph.D. in Econometrics, an M.B.A., and an A.B. in Economics with Honors, all obtained from the University of Chicago. His decade-long academic journey at the University of Chicago encompasses completing Ph.D. cores in economics and mathematics, as well as Ph.D. sequences in Quantum Field Theory and String Theory in the physics department.

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