Alex Rivas
Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, US
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Rivas is a Portfolio Manager on Columbia Threadneedle’s Global Asset Allocation team with eight years of investment and trading experience spanning asset managers, electronic trading platforms, and portfolio research. He combines a Princeton Master in Finance with a Georgia Tech mechanical engineering background and early hands-on aerospace and NASA research—bringing a rare quantitative-engineering lens to macro allocation and trading strategy. Previously a BlackRock Aladdin trading product manager, he’s fluent across asset classes and the trading lifecycle, enabling practical tech-driven enhancements to execution and risk workflows. Known for bridging product, research, and operations, Alex has supported large-scale migrations and M&A integrations while translating complex data into actionable portfolio decisions. Based in Boston, he pairs institutional-class experience with a curiosity for analytics and applied engineering solutions that improve portfolio outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Finance, Master’s Degree, Finance at Princeton University
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Github Skills (8)
ios6
jupyter-notebook6
opencsv6
csv6
plot6
python6
octave6
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
a6rivas8/MemeGenie
Oct 2019 - Jul 2022
iOS app for viewing and ranking memes
Contributions:1 review, 63 commits, 49 pushes in 2 years 9 months
ios
a6rivas8/a6rivas8.github.io
Nov 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:19 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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