Turing Technology Associates, a technology and intellectual property company headquartered in White Salmon, Wash., with research facilities in Princeton, N.J., has appointed to its new advisory board 14 thought leaders from the fields of technology, academia, investments and business.
Founded in 2016, Turing was named by its founders in honor of Alan Turing, a brilliant British mathematician now acknowledged by many as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence (AI).
Like its namesake, Turing Technology says it seeks to design innovative solutions that redefine an industry. Among them is the Hercules Database that captures real-time daily holdings and portfolio weights of actively-managed mutual funds, the Ensemble Active Management (EAM) Portfolios and the Downside Volatility Management (DVM) Portfolios.
Alexey Panchekha, president and co-founder of Turing, said in the news release announcing the company's new advisory board that his firm sought innovators in their respective fields who could advise Turing in its ongoing mission to turn the improbable into the possible.
“As Turing continues to drive innovation into the world of investment management, having access to the expertise and experience of this amazing group of professionals, who are all game changers within their respective fields, is a luxury I never anticipated when we launched Turing three years ago,” he said.
The Turing Technology Board of Advisors includes the following professionals and their respective accomplishments:
Bob Tull, president and COO, Procure Holdings. Tull led the team that launched the first full '40 Act ETF in 1996, and this WEBS product line later became the iShares ETF suit. He has been instrumental in key innovations shaping the ETF industry over the past quarter century.
Ilya B. Muchnik, Ph.D., scientific director of the Yandex School and professor emeritus, Rutgers University. Professor Muchnik has been a long‐term force in the world of mathematics, including his1964 paper on image recognition that became a main element of all Machine Learning. He has authored five books, two textbooks, and 200 academic papers.
Dr. David Blitzer, former chairman of the S&P 500 Index Committee, as well as a public speaker and consultant. Blitzer is a recognized leader in the world of index investing. He received the 2012 William F. Sharpe Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award and was named the nation’s top economist in 1998.
Billy Beane, executive vice president of baseball operations, Oakland A’s. A proven visionary and innovator, Beane was instrumental in ushering Sports Analytics into professional sports globally. His management approach was the subject of Michael Lewis' best‐selling book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game."