David Marra is the Managing Director of Arialytics, which provides clients with sophisticated quantitative trading strategies that are based on machine cognition and scientifically valid research methods. David brings expertise in artificial intelligence, prediction, portfolio construction and alpha discovery to Arialytics. Prior to moving to Finance, David was a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he advised executives at some of the world’s leading asset management and pharmaceutical firms.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s David led the development of advanced internet search technologies, founding and serving as CEO of an artificial intelligence driven search engine venture overseeing over 40 researchers and employees. He has also done pioneering work predicting drug trial outcomes and the prices of new generations of high-tech goods. David holds an MBA degree from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from SUNY Buffalo.