Rob Desideri

Early in my career I worked on statistical methods, system design, FICC and derivatives, with a detour through green energy. Before fintech became a category with a conference circuit, I moved up the stack, out of the mechanics and into the harder question of how people and institutions coordinate.

That is mostly where I have stayed. How a group builds a shared understanding and holds onto it as it grows. How agreement actually forms, as opposed to how it is supposed to. Tools that make an institution work slightly better than it did, and exaptation, which I find more useful than it sounds.

Two constants throughout: espresso and compute, in quantities I would rather not total up.