Wilton Risenhoover

About

Wilton is a hands-on technology and product leader. He has 10+ years on management teams in the Internet and software industries, with a particular focus on SaaS, consumer internet, data science, FinTech and AdTech. He has been the CTO of three venture-backed startups. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Kansas and an MBA (finance, entrepreneurship) from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Interesting Projects Include: * Developed quantitative analysis framework for managing ad spending to optimize for Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), or Cost per Acquisition (CPA) * Identified key predictors of online sales and built mathematical frameworks for adjusting real-time-bidding multiples. Predictors include user agent, prior page views, recency, prior order value, etc. * Developed machine-learning pipeline to predict conversion rates of online ads * Researched and developed small cap two-factor quant-value strategy. Independent analysis suggests a CAGR of 20% since 1992 v. Russel 2000 of 10.33%, with a Sortino ratio of 1.13 vs. Russell 2000 of 0.48. * Researched and developed option strategy that uses statistical analysis to find underlying securities likely to reach strike price, combined with mispriced option prices * Developing event-based strategy that follows high-confidence investors into trades, using 13D/G filings * Developed stock screener and backtesting tool for testing strategies based on fundamental investment models * Developed real-time algo trading platform that uses Interactive Brokers API to make trades and set smart stop-limit orders based on statistical analysis of historical prices * Developed portfolio monitoring tool (“WealthGuard”) that performed automatic financial analysis on portfolio companies and generated “red flag” alerts