Iraklis Kourtidis

About Iraklis Kourtidis

Rowboat Advisors builds software for fully automated investing of separately managed accounts.We use sophisticated techniques to:• evaluate the tradeoffs between different (and possibly conflicting) improvements, such as lower fees, lower taxes, better tracking, and more• increase tax efficiency vs. the current state of the art.This helps us choose the best possible portfolio given constraints, such as large external holdings-I normally only connect to people who I have met personally, or who want to have a specific discussion with me. I hate not replying to invitations, so if you would like to connect, please take a minute to write a short message in the invitation about how I can be of help to you. You can also write to me at (my first name) at gmail. Please note that my company is not interested in offshore tech development or marketing/B2B campaign stuff. Thank you.

Experience

1. VP, Portfolio Management

   Betterment

   May 2025 — Present

   Responsible for the Rowboat portfolio optimizer post-acquisition.

Education

• Harvard University

  BA, Computer Science

• University of Miami

  MSc, Computer Science

Skills

• Volatility
• Trading
• C
• Programming
• Fixed Income
• Trading Platforms
• Equity Derivatives
• Linux
• Quantitative Finance
• Series 65
• C#
• Order Management
• Software Development
• Trading Systems
• Algorithms
• Options Pricing
• Low Latency
• Market Structure
• Smart Order Routing
• Market Microstructure
• Trading Strategies
• Series 24
• Market Making
• Bloomberg
• C++
• Equity Trading
• Unix
• Derivatives
• Market Data
• Electronic Trading
• Series 7
• Options
• High Performance Computing
• Equities
• Distributed Systems
• Proprietary Trading
• Connectivity
• Computer Science
• Trading Applications
• Exchange Connectivity