Westen Koorbusch
Associate Portfolio Manager
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolWesten Koorbusch is an associate portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management with 11 years of experience trading and managing credit products across leading hedge funds. A Duke graduate with dual degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science plus a minor in Finance, he blends quantitative rigor with practical credit trading instincts. His career trajectory includes portfolio and analyst roles at Eisler, One William Street Capital, and Sorin, where he moved rapidly from analyst to vice president and junior portfolio manager. Westen is comfortable at the intersection of technology and markets, leveraging engineering-trained problem solving to build robust trading strategies and risk frameworks. Based in the New York City area, he brings a track record of hands-on credit trading and a knack for translating complex quantitative signals into actionable investment decisions. Less obvious: his background in ECE/CS suggests he often approaches portfolio construction with the precision of a systems engineer rather than a pure trader.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSE, Electrical and Computer Engineering, BSE, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke UniversityHigh School Diploma, General Study, High School Diploma, General Study at Brunswick School
EnglishGithub contributions (4)
weskpga/RoboticsWebcamTracking
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
hrm8/EdgeCalOnRails
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:56 commits, 30 pushes in 2 months
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