ClariFI, a provider of software and services focused on quantitative portfolio management and research, the opening of their El Segundo, California office and the hiring of additional staff to support their growing number of West Coast clients.
Joining ClariFI’s Client Service team in El Segundo is Denise Winner, who has had her own financial technology consulting firm for the past several years. Previously she worked at Transamerica in the fixed income analytics group and at Hull Trading and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Winner holds an MS in Computer Science from Brown University and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, she also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
On the business development side, Leonard Velez joins ClariFI from Thomson Financial where he held various Senior Account Management and Project Management roles. At Thomson he helped develop the firm’s Los Angeles office and was responsible for numerous enterprise-wide software deployments at the largest buy-side and sell-side firms. Velez holds a BA in Political Science and English from Villanova University.
“We’ve added a tremendous number of West Coast clients this year and wanted to provide them with the localised support they deserve,” says Donovan Goodreau, the Vice President of Business Development at ClariFI. “We are excited to have found such qualified people to start our office in California and know that our clients will appreciate having support and training resources so close by.”