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Founder & Principal

Samir Sheldenkar

Twenty years building investment programs, quantitative platforms, and production AI systems for firms that operate in live markets.

Career

  1. Academia

    Foundations

    Mathematics at Cambridge, Computer Science at Oxford, Finance at the London School of Economics. The combination shaped a career built on rigorous quantitative reasoning translated into systems that ship.

  2. 2006 — 2018

    Systematic Macro Trading — Harmonic Capital

    Twelve years co-managing a systematic global macro fund from $500m to $1.9bn AUM. Designed proprietary investment programs trading rates, FX, and commodities with low correlation to benchmarks. Built the quantitative research infrastructure underpinning signal development, backtesting, and risk management. Directly responsible for strategy design, portfolio construction, and execution across multiple systematic programs.

  3. 2018 — 2021

    Sell-side Analytics — Morgan Stanley

    Global Head of Quantitative Trading Analytics. Founded and scaled a global quant analytics division serving the equities business across desks and regions. Built cross-asset signal infrastructure, execution analytics, and client-facing quantitative research tools. Led a team delivering systematic analytics for flow trading, options, and program trading desks.

  4. 2021 — 2023

    Causal AI — causaLens

    Director of Applied Data Science. Scaled the team to more than twenty data scientists, delivering production alpha systems and causal AI solutions for Tier-1 financial institutions and Fortune 100 corporates.

  5. 2024 — today

    SignalSense

    Principal-led boutique advisory and AI platforms built for institutional research workflows. Strategic advisory for boards and C-suite; quantitative engineering for technology leaders; production systems for firms who need them to actually run.

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