2x founder
David Goerz
CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Frontier Management, Co-Founder & CIO of Powder Finance (YC W24)
Experience
Career
2015Strategic Frontier Management
FounderCEO & Chief Investment Officer · Dana Point, California, United States · 2015 – Present
2023Powder
Co-founderco-Founder & Chief Investment Officer · Dana Point, California, United States · 2023 – Present
2013Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
EVP, Investment Strategy & Risk Management · Edmonton, AB Canada · 2013 – 2015
2003MUFG Union Bank (Highmark Capital Management)
SVP Chief Investment Officer · San Francisco, CA · 2003 – 2013
2002mPower
SVP Chief Investment Officer · San Francisco, CA · 2002 – 2003
1995Wellington Management
VP, Director of Global Asset Allocation Research and Portfolio Manager · Boston, MA · 1995 – 2002
- 1994
TSA Capital Management
SVP/Partner, Senior Investment Strategist and Research Director · Los Angeles · 1994 – 1995
- 1990
ARCO Investment Management Company
Senior Quantitative Analyst & Portfolio Mgr · Greater Los Angeles Area · 1990 – 1994
1986General Dynamics
Research Engineer, Operations Research Group · Pomona, CA · 1986 – 1989
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