Richard Ma

CEO

2017 - Current

As CEO of Quantstamp, I manage product strategy, business development, engineering strategy, and hiring, with a goal of longterm sustainable success. Quantstamp's mission is to secure web3, and has protected $200B in digital asset risk from hackers. More than 750 startups, foundations and enterprises have worked with Quantstamp to keep their innovative products safe. Quantstamp is backed by YCombinator, Softbank Vision Fund, Pantera Capital, Nomura Investment Bank, Digital Garage, Translink, Pioneer Fund, 50 Years, Keisuke Honda, and other leading investors.

Member

2019

Co-Chair of Smart Contract Alliance

2018 - 2019

Senior Quantitative Strategist

2015 - 2017

Worked in automated high frequency strategies with Sharpe ratios > 10 and strong alphas. Duties in the role cover the areas of algorithmic strategy development, quant research, recruiting, strategic planning, data mining, deployment operations, trading management, and expanding into new niches. Computing ability: Linux, C++, R, Python, MATLAB, SQL, Perl, Bash

Portfolio Manager

2014 - 2015

Managed Statistical Arbitrage Strategies in Commodity Futures in US, active in COMEX, NYMEX, ECBOT, GLOBEX products. Active trading in intermarket and calendar spreads.

Quant Derivatives Trader

2010 - 2014

Worked in high frequency and medium frequency strategies with high Sharpe ratios above 5. Principal trader for Kospi-Eurex options. Conducted Quant research. Managed assistant traders. Managed my own book. Direct report to the CEO. Worked on independent and team-based trading research in: - Kospi Index Options - US Energy Futures - Eurex Index Futures - US Single Stock Options - Machine Learning Neural Networks in Volatility Products, Oil Futures and Government Bonds Computing ability: Development Platform: Linux, vi, bash, subversion, Eclipse, Rstudio, Data Analysis and Scripting: R, MATLAB, Octave, Excel/VBA, SQL, Python, Perl, LaTeX, Sweave Trade Execution: C++