Vid Jain

Overview

Vid Jain is Founder & CEO at Wallaroo.AI, a position held since June 2018[1][2]. Prior to founding Wallaroo.AI, Jain served as Founder & Managing Director of Sendence Solutions LLC from March 2015 to June 2018[3]. Jain's earlier career included a decade-long tenure at Merrill Lynch from January 2005 to February 2015 in Strategic Product Development for Global Algorithmic Trading[4]. Jain also co-founded Petal Computing from 2002 to 2003[5] and Thinking Media/Sonata from 1995 to 2001[6]. Jain holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, earned between 1984 and 1989[8], and a Bachelor of Science with honours in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Otago, completed between 1980 and 1984[9].

Career history

1. Founder & CEOJun 2018 to presentWallaroo.AI
2. SSFounder & Managing DirectorMar 2015 to Jun 2018SENDENCE SOLUTIONS LLC
3. Strategic Product Development, Global Algorithmic TradingJan 2005 to Feb 2015Merrill Lynch
4. PCCo founder2002 to 2003Petal Computing
5. TMCo founder1995 to 2001SONATA
6. VPostdoctoral Research, Theoretical Physics1990 to 1995Various
7. Founder & CEOWallaroo

Education

1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Theoretical Physics1984 - 1989University of California, Berkeley
2. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Hons), Physics / Computer Science1980 - 1984University of Otago