Summary
Araik Grigoryan is a seasoned technology executive and private investor with over a decade of experience building and leading engineering teams for major banks and hedge funds. He has driven front-office and trading technology transformation at firms including Point72, PointState Capital, and Scotiabank, specializing in quantitative engineering, risk systems, and scalable distributed platforms. Known for introducing Scala/Akka and resilient architectures into production, he blends deep technical craftsmanship—time-series data layers, model integration, and CI-tested option libraries—with business-facing problem solving. His background spans software engineering roots at Morgan Stanley and Lucent to senior leadership roles that link traders, quants, and engineers. Now investing through a family office from Allendale, NJ, he leverages hands-on experience in macro/treasury trading tech and quantitative finance to evaluate complex, data-driven opportunities. An understated strength is his track record of operationalizing research into reliable production systems that materially improved desk-level risk and attribution.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Financial Mathematics, Financial Mathematics at Certificate in Quantitative Finance
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Columbia University
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Stanford University
Armenian