Sadie Raney is the Chief Executive Officer and is a co-founder of the firm. She oversees the entire operation from front office to back.

Sadie has extensive experience in finance and technology. She previously served as Controller for Blue Box, a cloud computing startup, and led the finance and administration team through the acquisition and integration by IBM. 

Sadie holds an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington and attended the IE Business School in Madrid for an International MBA exchange during her MBA. She is a mentor for the Barcelona Technology Transfer Group at IESE and is a member of the Female Founders Alliance. Sadie holds a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University.

Nico Cordeiro is the Chief Investment Officer and has built the Strix Leviathan trading system from the ground up. He oversees all of the investment activities including research, model development, risk management, portfolio construction, and trade execution. 

Nico has been trading the cryptocurrency markets for six years and previously spearheaded a digital asset research initiative within the alternative investments research group at PitchBook. Prior to entering the investment world, he served in Iraq and Afghanistan as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant in the US military. 

Nico holds a master’s in finance from Seattle University and a bachelor’s from the University of Washington.

Brent Dornier is VP of Trading. He is responsible for and oversees electronic trade execution across all of the firm’s activities. In addition to trade execution Brent is responsible for valuation as well as the monitoring of risk limits and exposure levels across all of the firm’s Funds and business lines.

Brent is a technologist and financial professional with over 20 years of experience. He has helped build and run trading desks at startups, hedge funds (incl. Citadel and Saracen), and Fortune 500 companies. 

Brent holds a Master’s Degree in computer science from Georgia Tech, a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tulane University, and is a CFA charterholder.

Kailey Chillemi serves as the Operations Manager at Strix Leviathan. Her primary objective is to develop and maintain an efficient system of operation to support the evolving needs of the business so it can effectively and successfully grow and reach its goals.

Kailey has spent her career working in the operational and financial trenches for a wide variety of companies in a broad range of industries. She has helped companies build from the ground up, and she has helped established businesses build a stronger foundation for sustainable growth. She has a passion to see businesses succeed, and she is dedicated to the people that make it happen. 

Kailey holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado Denver.

Kaleb Nunn is the On-Chain and Decentralized Finance Quantitative Analyst of our firm. He is focused on monitoring and statistically modeling blockchain risks and strategies, as well as building cloud software that helps facilitate decentralized trading. Kaleb has been actively involved in trading and developing blockchain related software for 5+ years.

Kaleb studied computer science at Augsburg University and Western Washington University, and holds a Certificate in Financial and Blockchain Technologies from the University of Washington.

Evan Morris is Portfolio Manager of the Aurora Fund at Strix Leviathan, focused on building and executing market-neutral DeFi strategies.

He has 7+ years experience in the alternative investment and crypto/blockchain industries. This includes launching and co-managing a DeFi hedge fund, investing in early Web 3.0 companies as a Principal at a venture capital firm, as well as in global macro at Fortress Investment Group. He also led strategic partnerships for a leading retail crypto exchange. Early in his career he produced some of the first institutional research on Bitcoin and blockchain at PitchBook (acq. by Morningstar). 

Evan holds an A.B. in History from Harvard College where he played Baseball and Rugby as an undergraduate.

Lauren West is the Investor Relations Manager of the firm, focused primarily on investor onboarding and communication. 

Lauren began her career in administration working under our CEO, Sadie, at the cloud-computing startup, Blue Box, that had just been acquired by IBM. She has spent much of her career supporting C-suite executives, most recently at Gravity Payments, where she first made her move into the financial technology space. 

Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and Cultural Studies from Seattle Pacific University.

Matthew McBrady – former CIO for the Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund Platform at BlackRock. He has held senior roles at Silver Creek Capital and at Bain Capital, was a professor of finance at the Darden School and Wharton, and worked with Janet Yellen in President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors. Matthew holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from Harvard University.

Jason Leung – former Global Head of Cumberland (DRW), FX Options Trader and Finance Executive. Graduate of the University of Illinois.

Justin Schleifer – currently President and a Co-Founder of Aspect Advisors.  Extensive experience interfacing with the SEC, FINRA, the NFA, and state regulators.

Jason Leung – former Global Head of Cumberland (DRW), FX Options Trader and Finance Executive. Graduate of the University of Illinois.

Matthew McBrady – former CIO for the Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund Platform at BlackRock. He has held senior roles at Silver Creek Capital and at Bain Capital, was a professor of finance at the Darden School and Wharton, and worked with Janet Yellen in President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors. Matthew holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from Harvard University.

Peter Findley – formerly a PM at BlackRock and BlueCrest / Head of USD Swap Desk Credit Suisse / Primary Risk Trader, Deutsche Bank / Trader, DE Shaw.