Summary
Victor Kaiser-pendergrast is a seasoned software and risk engineering leader with 12 years of experience, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer & Partner at QVT Financial in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. He has progressed through technical and operational roles at QVT—from software engineer to director of risk and operations—bringing deep expertise in risk analysis, factor models, financing/margin optimization, and macro hedging strategies. With an MS in Computer Science from Stanford and a BS from Rutgers, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on engineering experience across Android, full-stack, and trading infrastructure projects. Known for instituting robust engineering practices early in his career (code review, automated testing, release processes), he blends quantitative finance instincts with pragmatic software delivery to operationalize complex models at scale.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Rutgers University
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Stanford University