Michael is the Director of Global Trading Research. Prior to joining AQR in 2005, Michael worked at Goldman Sachs where he was Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Trading. Prior to founding that effort, he was Head of US Program Trading. At Goldman Sachs, Michael served on the Equities Division Risk Committee and was co-chair of the Systems Risk Taskforce. He began his career at Goldman serving pension funds and endowments in the Fixed Income Division and the Pension Services Group. Michael received an S.M. in Chemical Engineering from MIT along with an S.B. in Chemical Engineering, and S.B. in Mathematics, and an S.B. in Management. He also has an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles.