Neal Pawar is a computer scientist with 26 years of experience in the Financial Industry. He spent 16 years of his career at D. E. Shaw & Co. and AQR Capital Management, where he served as Partner and Chief Technology Officer. Neal has also led large engineering organizations in his roles as CIO of UBS Wealth Management based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Group CIO of Deutsche Bank, based out of New York. He has been a recurring member of the "Institutional Investor Top 50 in Tech” lists and is currently working with early-stage technology start-ups as an advisor and investor. Neal has a BS in Computer Science from Brown University.