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- Greg VolynskyFounder/CEO · Zoa ResearchS24B2B · New York
- Sam DamashekFounder/CTO · Zoa ResearchS24B2B · New York
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Greg VolynskyZoa ResearchFounder/CEOSummer 2024B2BNew York, United States5—Sam DamashekZoa ResearchFounder/CTOSummer 2024B2BNew York, United States5—Showing 1–2 of 2 founders
Sam Damashek
Founder/CTO·Zoa Research
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size5
BatchSummer 2024
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Sam is the co-founder and CTO of Paradome. He worked for three years at Jane Street on the options trading desk writing algorithmic strategies using applied ML, for two years in NYC and then one year in Hong Kong, where he built out a satellite dev team for the Asia options markets. He graduated with a BS in Computer Science from CMU, where for some reason he led a fledging constitutional law debate team, never to victory though frequently to Ohio.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineEngineerKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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