OUR TEAM
Co- Founders
CAMERON AND TYLER WINKLEVOSS
Board Members
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are American rowers and entrepreneurs and sit on the board of Pattern Research. They are Venture capitalists, influential Bitcoin investors, and founders of the regulated cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. Cameron and Tyler competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, they hold a B.A. from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
ELIE GALAM
CEO
Elie Galam is an alternative investments expert. He worked as a Portfolio Manager for Two Sigma Investments and Blue Mountain Capital. Elie holds a Master’s in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and a Master’s in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris.
Team
AKSHAI RAJENDRAN
Akshai is a derivatives trader, developer and early participant in crypto derivatives. He worked as an electronic options market maker on DRW’s oil and metals desks and was one of the first major market makers in BTC and ETH options having traded them since early 2017. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences from Northwestern University.
TOM ASSOULINE
Tom is an experienced derivatives trader and entrepreneur. He worked as an Exotic Interest Rates Trader at Royal Bank of Canada and more recently launched a blockchain-based security issuance platform. Tom holds a MSc. in Mathematics from Ecole Centrale Paris.
DAVID FELSEN
David is a quantitative analyst and trader with experience in the equity and cryptocurrency markets. Before joining Pattern, he worked at Stralem & Co, a NY- based asset manager where he was in charge of trading for their mid-cap/large-cap strategy. David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from EDHEC Business School.
YOUSSEF VICTOR
Youssef is an avid programmer and data scientist. Prior to Pattern he interned at Akuna Capital and Bluefin Trading. He recently graduated with a Master’s in Data Science and a Bachelor’s of Engineering in Digital Media Design from the University of Pennsylvania.
KIMLEY KADOCHE
Kimley has an extensive track record in the financial markets, first in Emerging Market Fixed Income Sales and then in Commodities Sales (Base, Precious Metals and Energy). She then held the position of Head of Sales & Investor Relations at LGO Group. She is now working at Pattern Research on Marketing and Business Development. Kimley graduated from ESCE Paris in International Finance and holds a Master’s of Business and Geopolitics from Brighton University.