Next Generation Wealth Technology

Neeraj Kumar is Senior Data Scientist

Neeraj supports the technology team in the further development of our Machine Learning models and the design of algorithms for financial market analysis as well as the stochastic Deep Reinforcement Learning applications at Private Alpha.

He holds a Master’s degree in Data Science from the University of Zurich, focusing on Machine Learning.

Christos Papadakis is a Junior Data Scientist at Private Alpha.

Christos supports the technology team in the further development of our machine learning models and the design of algorithms for financial market analysis.

He is studying Applied Mathematics at ETH (MSc), with a focus on financial mathematical methods and stochastic.

Thomas Reiter is co-founder and Head Media at Private Alpha.

Thomas Reiter runs his own design agency in Traunstein. He was an art director at leading advertising agencies in Munich for several years.

He studied communication design at the Blocher University in Munich.

Tobias Bürger is Technology Advisor at Private Alpha.

Tobias is Head Big Data & AI Platforms at BMW AG in Munich. Previously, he was responsible for Big Data and Analytics at Payback.

He studied Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck and holds a PhD. He published several scientific studies.

Wolfgang Zauner ist Strategic Advisor bei Private Alpha.

Wolfgang ist Fintech Investor und Unternehmer. Zuvor war Wolfgang über 20 Jahre im internationalen Corporate Banking tätig. Er arbeitete in leitender Funktion mehrere Jahre bei JP MorganChase in New York und Frankfurt, sowie bei der Bank of America.

Er studierte Betriebswirtschaft an der Universität in Wien und hält einen Doktortitel.

Christoph J. Gum is co-founder and CEO of Private Alpha and the first point of contact for our clients and fund management.Christoph spent over 10 years in senior positions at Credit Suisse, most

recently as COO for Austria and Eastern Europe. Prior to that, he was with Citibank and PricewaterhouseCoppers as a Strategy Consultant. He is also an experienced entrepreneur with a successful IPO of an e-commerce company in 2000.

He studied business administration in Neu-Ulm and at Piedmont University in Atlanta, where he played in the American college league NCAA and as a professional basketball player in the first German league.