AUTOMATON TRADING - Key Persons


Dr. Aistis Raudys - Chief Investment Officer, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • Founder
Aistis gets his track record audited before launching Algorithmic Trading Portfolio, a European fund regulated and registered in Lithuania. The Fund is no longer running as of 2021. Dr. Aistis Raudys grew up and studied in Vilnius, Lithuania. He holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and an M.S. in Software Engineering. In early 2000's, Aistis Raudys moved to London where he started working in the financial industry. He worked for Societe Generale Asset Management within the Groups' internal quantitative/systematic CTA, where he was tasked with managing the entire process including system architectures and development, database design architecture, market data management, model and strategy development, portfolio construction, order generation and system maintenance. Prior to working at Societe Generale, Mr. Raudys worked for Deutsche Asset Management. As part of his role, Mr. Raudys would collect market views from several fund managers to create a common view and optimize client portfolios depending on their needs. Additionally, Mr. Raudys worked to enhance the existing portfolio engineering product. Dr. Aistis Raudy moved back to Lithuania in 2008 and started trading on his own. In 2013, he launched Algorithmic Trading Portfolio, the first and only managed futures company in the Baltic Region.

Dr. Sarunas Raudys

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Research and IT Team
  • Head of the Data Analysis Department at the Institute of Mathematics
Dr Sarunas Raudys is head of the Data Analysis Department at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics in Vilnius, Lithuania. Within the department, he is guiding the data mining and artificial neural networks group. His group's research interests include multivariate analysis, statistical pattern recognition, artificial neural networks, data mining methods and biological information processing systems with applications to analysis of technological, economical and biological problems.

Dr. Zidrina Pabarskaite

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
Zidrina Pabarskaite obtained her Ph.D. from Vilnius University in 2009. Her research object was web log mining process: enhancements of web log data preparation process, application of different methods and algorithms to the web log data analysis and results presentation. She also obtained an MSc in Software Engineering. Dr. Zidrina Pabarskaite has been working as a trading data analyst.

Linas Lazaravicius - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
  • Member of the Research and IT Team
  • Head of Programming
Linas is responsible for trading, order execution software development and maintenance. Linas graduated from Kaunas University of Technology and is a C++, .Net/C#, SQL and MATLAB specialist. Linas previously worked as a programmer at Profession Management Technologies, was a software engineer at Practice Manager Baltic, UAB.

Linas Zvirblis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research and IT Team
  • Quantiative Research Analyst
  • Quantitative Research Analyst
Linas is a graduate of Vilnius University, holding a Bachelor's degree in financial and actuarial mathematics and Master's degree in Computer Modelling. He is a specialist in MATLAB and MySQL programming. Linas specialized in minimizing costs of order execution.

Thierry Rabut

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
Thierry Rabut grew up and studied in France. He holds a Bachelor in General Business and a Master's degree in Financial Markets from ESSCA, a leading French business school. He moved to the US in 2011 and has been an NFA Associated Member since then, holding his Series 3 and 34. In 2014, Thierry met with Aistis Raudys and together, they decided to launch Automaton Trading LLC to offer Aistis' trading to the US market. Thierry is no longer involved in the management or daily operations of the company. He works for a Chicago based Independent Introducing Broker, introducing international clearing and execution futures accounts to reputable global FCMs such as INTL FCStone, ED&F MAN, Phillip Capital and Wedbush Securities. In particular, Thierry works with European emerging managers looking to get NFA/CFTC registered and raise capital in the US.