Dr. Noma is the founder of Garrett Asset Management, a systematic trading firm that uses technical systems to invest in futures, ETFs, and currencies. His ETF strategies utilize the structural characteristics of the underlying instruments. He is also involved in research on applied decision-making and the application of technology to solve real world problems. Prior to founding Garrett Asset Management, Dr. Noma was a portfolio manager running a fund of hedge funds and was the Chief Risk Officer at Asset Alliance, a seeder of hedge funds. In 2013 Dr. Noma was awarded a patent on a new type of leveraged ETF, and will be sharing his significant expertise on how ETF’s can be leveraged to increase alpha returns.