Former Quant Manager, Entrepreneur, Teacher
New York City, NY
Kevin Atteson brings more than three decades of experience spanning quantitative finance, technology, and scientific research.
In quantitative finance, he has held senior leadership roles at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, where he led mission-critical analytics and technology initiatives at scale. During the 2008 financial crisis, Kevin played a pivotal role advising the U.S. Treasury, leading a team that developed forward-looking loss projections for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This work became part of the historical record in the bestselling book Too Big to Fail. He also managed the quantitative investment function for the large family office, Summer Road.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Kevin is a founder of Double Prime, a web technology company that was ultimately acquired by Cognizant.
Kevin holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and completed postdoctoral research at Yale University and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA. His academic work focused on bioinformatics, where one of his published contributions is recognized in academic literature as Atteson’s theorem.
He is a founding supporter and board member of the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) in New York City. He also chaired the committee responsible for securing the museum’s new site, which opened in February 2026.
Kevin’s son is a third-generation technology nerd.