Jared Broad is the founder and CEO of QuantConnect, an open-source, cloud-based algorithmic trading platform that enables its community of more than 250,000 quantitative analysts to design and backtest trading strategies. Jared leads the strategy and vision at QuantConnect, where he and his team are democratizing investing and pioneering the future of finance. Jared is from New Zealand, where he studied biomedical engineering before working in various humanitarian organizations.