Daniel Rodriguez

Biography

Dan Rodriguez is currently a Professor of Practice in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. Dan teaches Equity Securities Analysis and Investments: Debt, Equity and Derivatives. He has taught both as a full-time faculty member and as an adjunct for over twenty years in business schools, including eleven years at NYU. Dan has also worked full-time in the financial services industry for over twenty-one years.

Prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Tech, Dan was the Chief Risk Officer and a research economist at two hedge funds, P. Schoenfeld Asset Management and Light Sky Macro. His responsibilities included the active management and trading of the firm’s hedge portfolio consisting of equity and fixed income derivatives. He also worked as a Senior Risk Officer at multi-strategy hedge fund, Point 72 Asset Management, with responsibility for equity long short risk management and portfolio construction. Dan also served as the Chief Risk Officer for the Global Proprietary Trading group at Credit-Suisse with responsibility for managing all cross-asset class positions in the management trading portfolio. He earned his undergraduate degree at the United States Military Academy and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Education & Certification

Ph.D., Economics, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

B.S., Economics, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.

CFA Charterholder.

Harvard Business School Analytics Program.

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), Energy Risk Professional (ERP), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and Professional Risk Manager (PRM).

Awards and Accomplishments

National Science Foundation Fellowship.

PRMIA Higher Standard Award for significant impact on the global practice of risk management.

Distinguished Graduate and Recipient of the Economics Award at West Point.

Completed the US Army Ranger Course.