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Jeff Harris

Investor

Chief Risk Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures

Greater Chicago Area

About

Jeff Harris is Chief Risk Officer at Magnetar, where he oversees quantitative risk modeling, monitoring and reporting, and contributes to strategy evaluation, portfolio optimization, mathematical modeling, AI implementation and signal research. Before joining Magnetar in 2016, he was a Principal at Riley Creek Capital Management and previously a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of the Quantitative Strategies Fund at Black River Asset Management. He holds a PhD in Physics from Princeton University and a BS in Physics from Brigham Young University.

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Experience

  1. Magnetar CapitalChief Risk Officer and Head of Quantitative Analysiscurrent2023 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  2. Magnetar CapitalHead Of Risk2018 — 2023Greater Chicago Area
  3. Magnetar CapitalQuantitative Portfolio Manager2016 — 2018Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  4. Riley Creek Capital ManagementPrincipal2011 — 2015Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  5. Black River Asset ManagementPortfolio Manager/Managing Director, Quantitative Strategies Fund2004 — 2011Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  6. Episteme Capital ManagementPrincipal2003 — 2004
  7. Entergy-Koch TradingVice President, Quantitative Analysis2001 — 2003Greater Houston
  8. Koch IndustriesQuantitative Analyst1997 — 2001
  9. Stanford UniversityResearch Affiliate1995 — 1997San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Princeton UniversityLecturer and Research Associate1992 — 1995Princeton, NJ

Education

  1. Princeton UniversityPhD, Physics1987 — 1992
  2. Brigham Young UniversityBS, Physics1985 — 1987

Skills & more

TradingEquitiesPortfolio Management2Quantitative AnalyticsFinancial ModelingHedge FundsMachine LearningManagement1LeadershipStrategic Planning

From Jeff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures

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Also attended Brigham Young University194

Jake StormDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel CapitalNathan MickelsenVice President of Tax at RevolutionJohn SabinChief Financial Officer; President, Revolution Places at RevolutionDiogo MyrrhaPartner at Peak VenturesSid KrommenhoekPartner at Peak Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Magnetar Capital23

David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesJim PruskoSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesMichael HenriquesSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesAlan ShaffranSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesErik FalkHead of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesTom SherwoodCo-Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business Development, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

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Also worked at Koch Industries5

David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesJacob WillisDirector at Infinity Capital PartnersBrigette SmithLearning & Development Support Specialist at Stand Together Ventures LabGaby YoVice President at Fifth Wall VenturesJosh OedingGeneral Partner at Tenzing Capital (Tenzing.vc)

Also worked at Stanford University458

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Princeton University75

Ryan HaysBoard Member at CincyTechBrad FloraGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorManny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersBrannon JonesPrincipal at AlleyCorpAaron PriceCEO, TechUnited at Tech Council VenturesJoseph LubinChairman at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.

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Colleagues at Magnetar AI Ventures

Alan Shaffran
Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Amira Amin
Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI Ventures
Barbara Bernstein
Chief Human Resources Officer, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
David Snyderman
Managing Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI Ventures
Devin Dallaire
Head of Products, Quantitative Investing, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Erik Falk
Head of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Hayley Stein
Chief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures
Jim Prusko
Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures