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David Joerg

Technologist

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $4,000,000.00

Skills

Instant Messaging Etiquette
Trading Systems
Electronic Trading
Quantitative Finance
Software Development
Distributed Systems
Low Latency
Computer Science
Java
Hedge Funds
Equities
Market Data
Algorithms
Options
Equity Derivatives
Unix
Entrepreneurship
Equity Trading
Software Engineering
Venture Capital

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director -> Emeritus

    2001

    Two Sigma is a technology company that applies a rigorous, scientific method-based approach to investment management. Their venture division, Two Sigma Ventures (TSV), seeks to invest in companies that push the boundaries of an industry by using magic such as data science, machine learning, distributed computing, artificial intelligence or advanced hardware. David served on the boards of TSV portfolio companies WHOOP and Placed (acquired by SNAP).

  • Head of Special Projects, maker of "Learn Chess with Dr. Wolf"

    2018

    Developer of "Learn Chess with Dr. Wolf", the virtual chess coaching app. Dr. Wolf came into the Chess.com family in January 2020.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2015 - 2022

GGTracker

2012 - 2017

  • Founder and President

    2012 - 2017

    overindulging my passion for stats, chess and self-improvement. and starcraft.

  • Volunteer Tech Lead

    2016 - 2016

1999 - 2001

  • Co-Founder, President, CTO

    1999 - 2001

    Location-based service in 1999 made possible with synch tech, compression tricks, on-device directions, and super-clean UX.

1997 - 1999

  • Manager, Equity Derivatives Software

    1997 - 1999

Farsight Financial Services

1996 - 1997

  • Developer

    1996 - 1997

1994 - 1995

  • Software Developer

    1994 - 1995