Our Team
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ASQ Team
Antônio Correia
CEO
One of the founders of Trapezus Asset Management, one of the first Quant asset management companies in Brazil, which was incorporated by Bozano Investimentos, where he was a partner and responsible for the quantitative funds area and manager of the Bozano Quant Fund.
Holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics for Finance from the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) and a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME).
Sergio Eraldo Salles
Chairman
Sergio Eraldo is the CEO of Cia Bozano, Legend Capital, and was one of the founders of Crescera Capital (formerly Bozano Investimentos). Additionally, he is also a member of the Boards of Azul, TreeCorp, and Grupo Alfa, and Committees of Embraer and Crescera Capital. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), a Master’s degree in Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), and a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Brasília (UNB).
Sergio is an investor partner and chairman of the board of ASQ.
Luiz Antônio de Souza
COO
Luiz has 20 years of experience, having worked as an investment manager at BANESES, as a partner at Itajubá Investimentos, and as a business developer at Stratagemma Group/Cuantserv (Chile).
He also holds CGA ANBIMA certification, is a PhD in Finance student at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, MiF from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and BSc in Economics from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES).
Leonardo Oliveira, CFA
Head of Quant Allocation
Has 15 years of experience in the financial market. He worked in credit risk at Itaú and Itaú-BBA, as a strategist at HSBC, and as a portfolio manager at Bradesco.
He holds the CGA ANBIMA certification, a BSc in Economics from the University of Brasília (UnB), and an MSc in Economics from the School of Graduate Studies in Economics at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (EPGE/FGV).5
Pedro Cunha
Head of Algorithmic Trading
Has 9 years of experience in the financial market, working in asset management with proprietary algorithms.
He holds a BSc in Economics from the School of Economics, Business, and Accounting at the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
Deo Carlos
CTO
Has 7 years of experience in the financial market, primarily working with quantitative models in securitized credits at BTG Pactual. Additionally, he has developed various systems ranging from embedded computing, servers, to graphical interfaces for the companies he has been involved with over the last 7 years.
He studied Mathematics at UFRJ and IMPA and has been approved at Level II of the CFA.
Rian Koja
Quant Researcher
Has 9 years of experience in the Aerospace sector, working in R&D of algorithms and software development.
He completed a Master’s degree in Space Mechanics and Control at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) and graduated in Aerospace Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (ITA).
João Candido
Tech
Has 8 years of experience in software development, including 4 years at Giant Steps. Primarily worked with real-time systems, embedded computing, and big data.
Holds a degree in Computer Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Machine Learning and Big Data from the University of São Paulo (USP)
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