Nick Gogerty

Nick Gogerty has been fortunate to live among and learn from many cultures while pursuing roles in technology and finance.

He has worked with one of the World's largest hedge funds and been an associate portfolio manager for a small cap value fund in New York City where he outperformed the S&P 500 by over 5,000 Bps during the financial crisis of 2007-09.

As an entrepreneur he Founded Inclue! social media software in San Diego CA, winning 2nd place in the Southern California Venture Capital competition

As Chief Analyst for Starlab Deep Future Science Research institute in Brussels Belgium, he oversaw the IP committee and worked on commercializing fundamental research projects including genetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, flexible solar cells, protein folding, nano-technology and theoretical research into time travel.

As founder of International Monitoring, a technology consulting firm he was chosen as 1 of 7 global specialists to deliver expert testimony to the US Senate about the unique international risks associated with Y2K, the $200b technology problem. Other experts represented the DoD, World Bank, State Dept. Dept of Defense. etc.

In London was a Sr. VP Quantitative Foreign Exchange risk researcher and trader at BNP (Banque National de Paris) one of the World's largest banks trading the world's largest market.

Early on he was a technology consultant for the Swiss Bank Corporation Chicago, and runner on the Chicago Board of Trade in the 10 yr treasury bond options pit.

As an undergraduate he co-founded of ISYS Technologies and researched genetic algorithms and neural networks for bond trading after starting to trade yen futures in high school.

Please note none of the quant methods he researched proved highly effective. Later in life he got down to the basics and first principles of studying value creation at FertileMind Capital. This thinking about value yielded useful insights.

Nick holds a BA in cultural anthropology with a special focus on economic sustainable development in Niger, West Africa and a minor in Art History from the University of Iowa. He received an MBA from the Ecole National de Ponts et Chaussees in Paris France where his thesis was on quantitative methods used by hedge funds. He has held Series 3,7 & 63 securities licenses in the US and the FSA designation in the UK and holds the CAIA (chartered Alternative Investments Analyst) designation and is a member of the American Economics Association.

His interests include sustainable economic development, poverty reduction, renewable energy and solving large complex problems. He lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife.