Speaker

Russ Goyenko, associate professor of finance, McGill University

Russ Goyenko is an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. He has previously held faculty positions at the University of Toronto and Notre Dame University and has served as a visiting professor at the Yale School of Management. With more than 20 years of quantitative research experience in financial markets, Goyenko has consulted for KPMG's risk management group, private asset management firms and equity options market-making firms.

Goyenko’s research is featured in leading peer-reviewed finance journals, with a recent focus on the intersection of financial economics and computer science. He’s also the co-founder and president of Finaix Corp., an artificial intelligence research company dedicated to implementing machine learning and AI in asset management, effectively applying cutting-edge technology to financial markets.