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David Goerz

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David Goerz

CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Frontier Management, Co-Founder & CIO of Powder Finance (YC W24)

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2023Co-founder· Powder
Founder · since 2015
Company
Powder
Role
co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer
current
Stage
—
no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
Dana Point, California, United States
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
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Experience

Career

  • Strategic Frontier Management logo

    Strategic Frontier Management

    Founder

    CEO & Chief Investment Officer · Dana Point, California, United States · 2015 – Present

    2015
  • Powder logo

    Powder

    Co-founder

    co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer · Dana Point, California, United States · 2023 – Present

    2023
  • Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) logo

    Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

    EVP, Investment Strategy & Risk Management · Edmonton, AB Canada · 2013 – 2015

    2013
  • MUFG Union Bank (Highmark Capital Management) logo

    MUFG Union Bank (Highmark Capital Management)

    SVP Chief Investment Officer · San Francisco, CA · 2003 – 2013

    2003
  • mPower logo

    mPower

    SVP Chief Investment Officer · San Francisco, CA · 2002 – 2003

    2002
  • Wellington Management logo

    Wellington Management

    VP, Director of Global Asset Allocation Research and Portfolio Manager · Boston, MA · 1995 – 2002

    1995
  • TSA Capital Management

    SVP/Partner, Senior Investment Strategist and Research Director · Los Angeles · 1994 – 1995

    1994
  • ARCO Investment Management Company

    Senior Quantitative Analyst & Portfolio Mgr · Greater Los Angeles Area · 1990 – 1994

    1990
  • General Dynamics logo

    General Dynamics

    Research Engineer, Operations Research Group · Pomona, CA · 1986 – 1989

    1986

Bio

Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer for Powder Finance, which is building an AI Sales co-Pilot for wealth advisors to automate gathering financial holdings, analyze portfolios, assess risk tolerance, and summarize data to engage faster and efficiently. He managed portfolio strategies for institutional asset owners for 33 yrs on mandates up to $30B in assets with pioneering innovations in quantitative equity and return forecasting, optimization and risk management. Chair, Investment Committees