
DAVE OLSEN
Dave Olsen is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Jump Trading Group. Jump Trading is a global proprietary trading firm focused on quantitative research, high performance computing, and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to the most complex problems in financial markets.
Prior to joining Jump Trading, Dave enjoyed a 25-year career at J.P. Morgan where he ran the firm’s clearing businesses, traded derivatives and fixed income securities, underwrote investment grade bond offerings, and made venture capital investments in the financial technology sector. He also spent many nights in the mergers and acquisitions department, mostly waiting for the print shop to finish binding slide decks to be used in internal meetings.
Dave lives in New York City and serves as a the treasurer on the board of the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School. In addition, he serves on the board of Esperanza, a non profit organization that creates alternatives to incarceration for court-involved youth in all five boroughs of the city. Dave also plays centerman on Team Rush, an amateur hockey team skating on home ice at Chelsea Piers in lower Manhattan.
Dave Olsen is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Jump Trading Group. Jump Trading is a global proprietary trading firm focused on quantitative research, high performance computing, and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to the most complex problems in financial markets.
Prior to joining Jump Trading, Dave enjoyed a 25-year career at J.P. Morgan where he ran the firm’s clearing businesses, traded derivatives and fixed income securities, underwrote investment grade bond offerings, and made venture capital investments in the financial technology sector. He also spent many nights in the mergers and acquisitions department, mostly waiting for the print shop to finish binding slide decks to be used in internal meetings.
Dave lives in New York City and serves as a the treasurer on the board of the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School. In addition, he serves on the board of Esperanza, a non profit organization that creates alternatives to incarceration for court-involved youth in all five boroughs of the city. Dave also plays centerman on Team Rush, an amateur hockey team skating on home ice at Chelsea Piers in lower Manhattan.