Leonardo Cardoso, CFA

Leonardo Cardoso, CFA® is the CEO of QuantGate Systems Inc., a fintech company that has developed a real time sentiment platform, powered by sophisticated artificial intelligence and complex big – data processing algorithms, that identifies trading opportunities across multiple asset classes and financial exchanges and the CIO of Brazen Capital, LLC., a NY Registered Investment Adviser providing discretionary and non – discretionary investment management products and services to individual investors, f amilies and institutional clients, domiciled inside or outside of the U.S.

Prior to those roles, Mr. Cardoso has worked at some of Fortune 500 and Wall Street’s most recognizable companies and banks, such as Enron Corp., Waste Management Inc, JPMorgan, Ci tigroup and IDB Bank of New York, where he served as the co – manager of a global multi – asset macro investment strategy. Furthermore, he spent 7 years at NYU’s School of Professional Studies teaching what he refers as the “Art and Science” of investing, whic h is now offered at an educational platform called Wallstreetable.com.

A native of Brazil, Mr. Cardoso is always quick to refer to his military training as an Infantry Officer in the Brazilian Army as one of the most important, useful, and valuable experi ences of his life. Husband and a proud father of two children, he graduated in Finance/Economics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and has held numerous FINRA licenses needed to fulfill his role at prior employers