Robert Buff is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in quantitative development and strategy. Currently serving as Lead Strategist at ClearAlpha™ Technologies since July 2023, Robert previously held the position of Senior Quant Developer at Citadel from April 2021 to January 2023, focusing on Equities Quant Research across multiple groups. Prior to that, Robert spent nearly two decades at Goldman Sachs, where as Managing Director in the Global Markets Division, responsibilities included creating scalable architectures for post-execution processing of equity total return swaps. Robert's career began at JPMorgan as an Associate in Credit Derivatives Research, building risk models for credit default swaps and corporate bonds. Robert earned a PhD in Computational Finance from New York University between 1994 and 1999.