NEWS & EVENTS

Michael Reed, Ph.D.
Senior Quantitative Researcher and Portfolio Manager
Zebra Capital Management

Monday, Nov. 29, 2021
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada)
Maxfield Hall, Room 251

YouTube Lecture

Michael Reed is an invited lecturer for the fall 2021 Quantitative Risk Management lecture series hosted by CoFES. Interested CoFES members and Rice University students who wish to attend the virtual lectures register here.

Michael Reed is the senior quantitative researcher and a portfolio manager at Zebra Capital Management, a boutique quantitative investment firm that specializes in turning academic research in behavioral finance into investor returns. 

From 1994 until 2010 Reed was a founding member and managing director in the Process Driven Trading (PDT) group at Morgan Stanley. PDT was one of the first organizations to specialize in arbitraging market inefficiencies by using big data, statistical modeling, systematic strategies, and fully automated execution. In addition to researching investment strategies and developing algorithmic trading systems at PDT, Reed managed a team of researchers and programmers while also serving on the management committee that made all decisions regarding strategy, R&D, investments, and business development. Between 2010 and 2014, Reed managed M J Reed Investment Consulting, which provided consulting and investment advice and capital to individuals, investment funds, and small technology startups. 

Reed has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rice University. He is the chairman and chief investment officer of the Kristin & Michael Reed Family Foundation. Since 2011, he has served as a board member and treasurer of the Jericho Project, a non-profit organization that provides housing and social services in New York City, NY. From 2010-2014 he served on the Bridgewater, CT town board of finance and on the board of the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut.