Paul is the partner responsible for portfolio strategy, research and development. He began his 35-year career as an equity research analyst and quantitative portfolio strategist at one of the largest regional banks in the US (now part of B of A) where he pioneered some of the first ever uses of options in institutional money management. After earning his Ph.D. Paul spent ten years as a full-time university professor of statistics and quantitative methods. ​

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Paul then spent 10 years in the Quantitative Research group at Swiss Bank/O’Connor in Chicago and later 9 years at Credit Suisse as a Managing Director in Equities and then as Head of Derivatives Solutions & Training.Paul launched an education & consulting firm, Derivatives Solutions LLC, in 2013. He is also a certified Financial Risk Manager and spent 14 years as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Chicago’s Financial Mathematics graduate program.