About
I am a 24 year old passionate software developer (github, hackerbuddy) and investing enthusiast (angellist).
I spend the majority of my days in Boston, but also live part time in Los Angeles (to be with my beautiful and talented girlfriend).
Friends describe me as “curious.” Potentially dangerously so. Like, in the “killed the cat” sort of way.
I am an avid self-learner and polyglot programmer; I started teaching myself C at age 12. Since then, I have become proficient in C++, Ruby, MATLAB and lately have enjoyed playing with Clojure. I have also dabbled in Java, Haskell, and SML/NJ. Projects in my past have ranged from Gameboy Advanced games to a scientific computing architecture employing Amazon’s EC2 platform to a portfolio analysis engine with a web interface.
I am also an entrepreneur. I am the co-founder of Newfound Research (web, github), a financial technology and product innovation firm focused on tactical risk management. We promote technology enabled investing, recognizing the value of both the creative human mind and the clean, repeatable process of technology. Products are developed with an eye towards risk management for the end investor and a clean and marketable story for the asset manager. Since Q1 2009, third-party assets based on our data has grown from less than one million dollars to several billion.
I am a member of the rewrk Peer Advisory Board. I am looking to get involved with more start-ups in Boston (masschallenge) or Los Angeles.
I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where I pursued my Master of Science in Computational Finance degree. Before attending CMU, I studied at Cornell University, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
This website will be a sort of cross-over mix between my interests. Hopefully, it will be primarily focused on investing (both public and private), hacking and entrepreneurship. Mostly, it will be just rambling.
I can be contacted via corey at hoffstein dot com, at twitter, or linkedin.
