Rory Riggs

Rory Riggs is the founder of Locus Analytics, LLC. Locus Analytics’ focus is on the creation of a new information technology platform for economic information. Its mission is to develop a new taxonomic-based cloud software platform to change how we organize, manage and analyze business and economic information.

During his career, Mr. Riggs has specialized in early-stage start-ups in biotechnology and technology. He has been involved in the creation and management of many successful companies including: Selectide Inc; Sugen, Inc; Royalty Pharma (RoyaltyPharma.com); Fibrogen, Inc (Fibrogen.com); Cibus, LLC (Cibus.com); eReceivables, LLC (eReceivables.co); Genenews Ltd (Genenews.com); Pacific Media, New Ventures, L.P. and Locus!

From 1995, he served as the president (and director) of Biomatrix Corporation (NYSE Ticker: BXM) until it was sold to Genzyme Corporation in December 2000. Mr. Riggs oversaw the global launch of Biomatrix’s lead product, Synvisc. Prior to joining Biomatrix, Mr. Riggs was CEO (and director) of the RF&P Corporation from 1991 to 1995 when the company was sold to a partnership led by Lazard Freres. Prior to that Mr. Riggs was a managing director in Mergers and Acquisitions at Paine Webber and an associate with Strategic Planning Associates, the predecessor of Mercer Management Consulting. Mr. Riggs received a BA from Middlebury College and MBA from Columbia University.

Carly Arison

Carly Arison joined Locus in September 2012 after taking part in the summer 2011 internship program. She is involved in the management of the company’s live funds and the development of new portfolios. In addition to this work, Carly conducts analysis of each fund’s performance, and she is working on the SEC compliance and registration process.

Carly graduated with honors from Brown University. She concentrated in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship, which involves the study of economics, organizational behavior, and technology development. She wrote her honors thesis on the differences in benefits and work environments between publicly traded and privately held companies, with an emphasis on resource dependency theory and its impact on decision-making. While at Brown, Carly was a four-year varsity golfer and a four-time NGCA Academic All-American.

August Baer

Augie joined Locus full-time In March 2013 after participating in the summer internship program. He is currently working on implementing a robust auto-classification system that will be able to capture the many nuances of of the Locus system.

Augie graduated from Columbia University with a major in Economics and a minor in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. At Columbia, he researched the role of financial incentives in primary education and the relationship between divorce rates and GDP. While in school, Augie enjoyed taking advantage of teaching opportunities both as a teaching assistant in the economics department and as a teacher to elementary school children through the America Reads program. Augie is a loyal Knicks and Yankees fan, and is interested in video game design theory.

Jonathan Chandler

Jonathan joined Locus in the summer of 2012 after having interned during the summer of 2010.  Since joining, he has focused on developing the theory that underpins the Locus classification system. Additionally, he is working to extend the existing framework to analyze debt securities in addition to equities.

Jonathan graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in mathematics and economics in 2012. His academic focus was on pure mathematics, particularly topology, but he is also interested in economic and social policy development. He has prior experience working in both biochemistry and private equity.

Phil Crotty

In collaboration with the rest of the data team, Phil is responsible for obtaining, manipulating, validating and scaling the data needed to build Locus' classification tools and economic systems theory.  

Phil joined Locus after having led the International Business Development team at Newscom, where he helped build and manage an intra-agency network of more than 40 of the world's leading digital-media content providers. Prior to joining Newscom, Phil was an AmeriCorps VISTA member, serving the underprivileged communities of Western New York. Phil holds a BA in political science from the University of Rochester, a CAPM from the Project Management Institute, and will be pursuing a CFA in 2013. 

Winston Featherly-Bean

Winston leads a Seattle-based project to apply our system in support of the Washington aerospace cluster.

Winston interned in 2011, and joined Locus full-time the next year after completing a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. His academic work included a thesis on small arms proliferation and security in the Republic of Georgia; he also edited The Oxford Student newspaper and served as student president at his college. Originally from Alaska, Winston traveled across Asia and Europe for several years before university, working as a journalist, radio DJ and grape-picker, among other callings.

James Fifield

James is a product of the 2010 summer internship: having graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University he joined Locus Analytics in the Autumn of 2011. Since arriving his focus has been primarily on the philosophy of the classification system, leadership of which he will be assuming from Towson in early 2013, and securities analysis. 

With a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, he specialized in Financial and Mathematical Economics having been particularly interested by the use of Econometrics and Quantitative Economics in estimating underlying population parameters from sample data. In Politics, he studied the modeling of behavior in International Relations during the periods 1918-1945 and 1990-2010, as well as comparative analysis of state and sub-state political institutions. Outside of the office his pursuits include cycling, Ironman-distance triathlons, and perpetuating the British stereotype of tweed and tea.

Adelaide Fuller

Adelaide Fuller joined our team in June of 2011. At Locus, Addie works both on launching and managing our live funds and on the development of new portfolios. She leads our summer internship program for NYC high school students and acts as a liaison to our team of software developers in Seattle and our team of traders in Virginia Beach.

 Prior to joining Locus, Addie taught middle school science in New York City for two years as part of Teach for America. She has an undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in art and architecture from MIT. While at MIT, Addie researched the mechanisms of telomere maintenance in fruit flies, the production of oxytocin (a hormone released during pleasurable social interactions) in mice with genetic and behavioral traits linked to autism, and creative approaches for relationship development with autistic children. In her free time, Addie enjoys visiting New York's art galleries and museums, exploring the city with her former students, and working with youth arts organizations in Manhattan and the Bronx. 

Diana McKeage

After interning with Locus in Summer 2011, Diana returned to the office as a core member in early 2013 to investigate and map the labor economy within Locus's proprietary system. A firm believer in systems economics, Diana looks forward to seeing Locus employed as an educational tool and development asset in every language.

Diana graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Literature, a secondary field in Government, and a Certificate in Latin American Studies. Her coursework centered on comparative analysis, translation theory, and the role of institutions in political economy. Post-graduation, Diana spent four months on a Harvard fellowship in Latin America researching microfinance institutional design and teaching the Locus system in Spanish.

Towson Remmel

Towson Remmel joined Locus Analytics in 2009. Since joining Locus, he has led the development of Locus’ economic classification system. In addition, he has managed the development of Locus’ investment products using the principles of this classification system. Towson graduated from Princeton University in 2007 with a BA in Comparative Literature and a certificate in Finance. Towson wrote his senior thesis on how Medieval French epics represented many of the philosophical ideas of Nietzsche, and how these ideas had a complex and largely positive relationship with the ethics and ideals of medieval Christianity. While at Princeton, Towson successfully completed Marine Corps officer candidate school and interned at Credit Suisse as an equity research analyst.

 After graduating from Princeton, Towson moved to Russia and worked in the real estate industry until joining Locus in 2009.

 Married with two small children, Towson spends his time away from work with his family, and in pursuing his interests in foreign policy and philosophy.

We are recruiting graduating seniors or recent college graduates for our Analyst Program in New York City. We have posted the job description at several universities throughout the United States and abroad. Please apply through your university’s career services portal.

Please contact jobs/at/locus.co with any questions.

The Locus Analytics High School Summer Intern Program is a Tribeca, NYC based five day a week program that runs from July 1st - August 9th 2013: 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Sixteen high school students from current (September 2012) 9th, 10th and 11th grade are selected to participate. Current high school seniors may not apply. This is a paid summer internship at a Systems Economics Think Tank.