PrairieSmarts

We package portfolio risk as a product offering for advisors, money managers, and broker-dealers. Better Math, Better Communication and a simple API connection.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Financial Services
  • Location Omaha, NE, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website prairiesmarts.com

Company Summary

We are a financial technology company focused on risk and portfolio analytics. Our competitive advantage lies in our models ability to produce high quality risk estimates. Industry standard risk models under-estimate (sometimes severely) portfolio risk. Our nextgen risk calculator is based on heavy-tail distribution, it is built in the cloud, w/ patents pending in the US and India. Our initial target market is the financial advisor eco-system.

Team

  • Michael Chochon
    Co-Founder, CEO

    15+ years in retail brokerage space as CFO, Treasurer, Managing Director of trading and risk. Companies include Apex Clearing, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Oracle and E&Y.

  • Ron Piccinini
    Co-Founder, Head Quant, PhD

    Ron wrote his dissertation in 2004 of heavy-tail distribution. He has applied his work at a large privately held bank in the credit card and fixed income space, and at a large broker-dealer's risk department.

  • Casey Rockwell
    Chief Technology Officer

    Strong, multi-talented technologist knowledgeable in ASP, HTML, Java, JSON, SQL, VB. Involved with roll-out of portfolio margin risk system.

Advisors

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