Bio
Kevin is the director of Stanford’s Real-time Analysis and Investment Lab. His primary role at the Stanford GSB is to facilitate learning in the RAIL facility by teaching, guest-lecturing and coordinating the use of the educational resources in the facility. Kevin teaches FIN562, Financial Trading Strategies, as well as guest-lectures for various accounting and finance courses in the MBA curriculum. Kevin earned his Bachelor’s of Commerce followed by his Master’s of Finance degrees at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. While at Rotman, he was the Manager of the Financial Research and Trading Lab where he co-invented two trading and portfolio management simulation platforms.
Kevin’s primary interest is in marketplaces and their function- from equity markets to online sports betting and e-commerce markets. He strives to understand the microstructure, liquidity formation, pricing, and network effects in each of these unique but similar markets.
Kevin’s teaching interests revolve around experiential learning and he has designed and built over 50 case studies that illustrate different asset pricing, behavioral finance, market microstructure, and portfolio management principles. Kevin is curretly involved with creating a student-managed fund at Stanford.
Kevin is actively involved in the investment industry, providing investment consulting and training to various regulatory bodies and investment management firms. Kevin was awarded his CFA charter in 2008. Kevin is a special adviser to Massdrop.com, a community commerce startup founded by his former students.