Dr. Matthew Dixon is a technical co-founder and CRO of CFX Labs, a licensed global payments provider with the world’s fastest and scalable Blockchain settlement network. He is also an Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics at Illinois Tech. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College and has held a postdoctoral position at Stanford University, and an Arthur Krener Visiting Professorship at UC Davis. Prior to joining academia, Matthew, worked in structured credit trading for Lehman Brothers and consulted for several financial institutions including the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, Silverlake investments, and Brookfield Investments. He has published 50+ articles relating to risk management and machine learning in finance & blockchain, including a textbook. He serves on the board of the CFA NYC Quant Trading Committee and the World Scientific Annual Review of Fintech. He is the recipient of Risk Magazine’s 2022 Buyside Quant of the year Award.