Deepak is an inventor, author, educator and former algorithmic derivatives trader. He is also the CEO of Hedged Capital LLC, an AI-powered proprietary trading company he founded in 2009. 

In 2005, long before machine learning was an industry buzzword, Deepak invented a probabilistic machine learning method and software system for managing the risks and returns of project portfolios. It is a unique probabilistic framework that has been cited by IBM, Fujitsu and Accenture, among others. See his patent filing here.

Previously, Deepak was a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley during the Great Financial Crisis, a Silicon Valley fintech entrepreneur, a director in the Global Planning Department at Mastercard International, and a senior analyst with Diamond Technology Partners. 

He was educated at Princeton University (astrophysics) and the London School of Economics (finance and information systems).