About Us

Our AI Technology

The proprietary quantitative Options AI model used for Smart Sentiment extraction was developed by Tradelegs LLC, our technology affiliate and parent, and is based on 10 years of options analytics research.

Our technology distinguishes itself from other approaches by combining three areas of intelligence:

  • Human Intelligence:    Analytical Modeling
  • Artificial Intelligence:  Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence:  Logic and Search

Approaches that use AI machine learning alone may be susceptible to historical bias and data uncertainty. Our Smart Sentiment model uses AI logic and search optimization to represent data and model uncertainties and generate confidence bands for predictions. We believe this enables better models and more robust risk controls than legacy approaches.

Our Team

Our experienced team has a track record of delivering mission-critical, proprietary AI solutions in multiple sectors, including founding an AI company acquired by Cisco Systems. Our expertise spans derivatives strategy generation, trading, and risk management.

Gideon Agar

Gideon Agar

CEO
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Gideon Agar

CEO
    • CEO of Tradelegs LLC, Optimize Advisors' technology affiliate
    • COO of multi-billion PE firm (Patriarch Partners)
    • Held positions at Oracle, Cisco, and was CEO of four other companies, including two that leveraged advanced Artificial Intelligence technology in both optimization and deep learning to solve problems in the telecoms and Finance industries
    • Served as an executive director on the boards of seven other companies
    • Brown University - Bachelor degrees in both Computer Science and English Literature; Harvard Business School - MBA
Hani El - Sakkout, PhD

Hani El - Sakkout, PhD

CTO, DRM
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Hani El - Sakkout, PhD

CTO, DRM
    • >3 years delivery of AI-driven systematic options strategies to global investment bank structuring desk
    • CDO of Tradelegs LLC, Optimize Advisors' technology affiliate Enterprise Sector executive team, Cisco Systems
    • Co-founder, Parc Technologies
    • Inventor, Probe Backtrack Search
    • Key original contributor to ECLiPSe algorithm environment
    • 4 US patents
    • Imperial College London - MSc in Foundations of Advanced IT, PhD in AI, Senior Research Fellow and PhD Supervisor
Michael Khouw

Michael Khouw

IAR, CIO and PM of Fund
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Michael Khouw

IAR, CIO and PM of Fund
    • Partner and Principal at Registered Broker Dealer (Cantor Fitzgerald, CRT Capital)
    • Supervisory Registered Options Principal (SROP) responsible for all US listed equity, ETF and index options oversight
    • Supervised 12 traders and sales-traders and managed a "book" of options on as many as 150 underlying instruments concurrently
    • On Investment Team at SEC Registered hedge fund (Ivory)
    • Managed several derivatives portfolios including equity, ETF, index and commodity futures
    • Former Member of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Nasdaq/OMX, NYSE-AMEX, NY Merc
Vassilis Liatsos, PhD

Vassilis Liatsos, PhD

Engineering Director, CISO
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Vassilis Liatsos, PhD

Engineering Director, CISO
    • >3 years delivery of AI-driven systematic options strategies to global investment bank structuring desk
    • Principal Engineer and Systems Architect at Tradelegs LLC, Optimize Advisors' technology affiliate
    • Technical Leader in Enterprise Sector, Cisco Systems
    • Co-founder, Parc Technologies
    • Principal reviewer at several international conferences on combinatorial optimization
    • 3 US patents
    • Imperial College London - BS, MSc in Foundations of Advanced IT, PhD in Computer Science, Research Fellow
Andrew DeFeo

Andrew DeFeo

IAR, CRO and PM of Fund
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Andrew DeFeo

IAR, CRO and PM of Fund
    • Previously held Chief Risk and Compliance Role at a Registered Broker Dealer (Pico Trading)
    • Business Development MD, Tradelegs LLC, Optimize Advisors' technology affiliate
    • Experience filing registrations for Broker Dealer with FINRA and Futures Commodity Merchant with NFA
    • Global Co-Head of Risk for Electronic Trading Business in Equities, Options and Futures (Goldman Sachs)
    • Supervised margin risk and 40 Act compliance for multi-billion dollar options-based mutual fund
    • Supervised and developed SEC/CFTC Index Option Cross-Margin Platform
    • Regulatory Exam History: Currently holds Series 65 / Previously held Series 3, 7, 24 (General Securities Principal) and 63
Gary Stuart

Gary Stuart

General Counsel
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Gary Stuart

General Counsel
    • Securities Attorney with SEC and FINRA Compliance experience
    • General Counsel previously for public company (China Direct Industries)
    • Oversaw listings on AMEX and subsequently Nasdaq exchanges
    • LL.M. in Securities Regulation from Georgetown Law Center
    • Regulatory Exam History: Previously held Series 4, 7, 24 (General Securities Principal)

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