Bill Weeks, Ph.D., CFA
Senior Research Analyst, Quantitative
Download V-CardBill brings over 19 years of industry experience to his role as Senior Research Analyst, Quantitative at Argent. Leveraging his background in artificial intelligence, Bill develops and applies machine-learning algorithms to enhance Argent’s equity models, contributing to more advanced and effective quantitative investment strategies.
Before joining Argent in 2020, Bill was a senior quantitative analyst at American Century Investments, where he specialized in quantitative investment modeling. Prior to that, he served as Director of Quantitative Research at the Kauffman Foundation, where he developed multifactor quantitative models to inform investment decisions.
Bill earned dual degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Washington University and went on to complete his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a CFA charterholder and an active member of the CFA Institute.