Gareth Shepherd is co-head of the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) team and a portfolio manager at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, Gareth was a managing partner and co-founder of G Squared Capital LLP. Prior to that, he held various positions within risk and asset management in Australia, Switzerland, the U.S. and the UK. Gareth earned a PhD in applied expert systems and a Masters of Applied Science from the University of New South Wales, and a BE from the University of Queensland. He also completed a World Economic Forum sponsored Executive Masters (INSEAD, London Business School, and Columbia University) and is a CFA® Charterholder.

Gabriel Andraos is co-head of the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) team at Voya Investment Management and is responsible for research and development. Prior to joining Voya, Gabriel was a managing partner and co-founder of G Squared Capital LLP. Prior to that, he held senior investment roles in Europe, the U.S., and Asia, combining knowledge and experience in fundamental analysis with the latest tools in computing and data science. Gabriel earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BA in economics from Georgetown University. He has a Certificate in Quantitative Finance and several artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning accreditations.

Russell Shtern is a portfolio manager with the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) team at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he was a senior portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, managing smart beta and active multi-factor equity strategies. Prior to that, Russell worked at QS Investors (a Legg Mason affiliate) as head of equity portfolio management and trading. Previously, he was a lead portfolio manager with the diversification based investing equity and tax managed equity strategies at Deutsche AM Quantitative Strategies group. Russell earned a BBA with honors in finance and a minor in economics from Pace University. He is a CFA® Charterholder.

Shadi Akiki is a data science and machine learning engineer for the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) strategies team at Voya Investment Management. Prior to joining Voya, he held data science roles in equities, loan securitization, private banking, commodity futures, and computational neuroscience. Shadi earned a Bachelors of Engineering in computer engineering at American University of Beirut, Lebanon and a MS in financial engineering at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland.