Bryan Cross, CFA, leads the Quantitative Evidence and Data Science (QED) team within UBS Asset Management. QED has a mandate to drive Quantitative Finance and Data Science into the traditional Fundamental Investment Process leveraging Alternative Data and Machine Learning. Prior to that, Bryan led the Systematic Research team and was responsible for the alpha manufacturing for Systematic Equity Strategies. Previously, Bryan was a Senior Analyst on a concentrated Equity Long/Short team at UBS O’Connor. He started his career at UBS Investment Bank on the Quantitative Trading Team. He has been with UBS for 15 years. Bryan received a Master’s in Financial Mathematics and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the CFA Institute. Bryan also sits on the Finance Programs Advisory Board for Stevens Institute of Technology.