Michel Kurek

CEO

Paris, Île-de-France, France33 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Pioneered quantum software solutions in finance.
Recognized as a top expert in quantum technologies.
Led innovative trading strategies for major financial institutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Quantum Computing and Financial Technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementGenerative AiBusiness StrategyInnovation ManagementFinancial ModelingMachine Learning

Other Skills

Team ManagementSupervised LearningFinanceBusiness Model InnovationDeep LearningExecutive ManagementQuantum opticsRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)LangchainLlamaindexGradioStatistical ArbitrageOptionsFinancial MarketsTrading

About

Innovation best characterizes my professional profile. From the very beginning of the financial market electronification I have been successful in developing superior trading models and strategies for proprietary or agency activities. Trends are not specific for financial market -- my interest is, today, to anticipate and facilitate fundamental evolutions in new technologies that will shape our economy, our society. I am fascinated for instance with the changes that AI, and quantum technologies will bring in most of all sector of human activities.

Experience

33 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Multiverse computing

CEO France

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Palaiseau, Île-de-France, France

Multiverse Computing is a leading quantum software platform delivering quantum and quantum-inspired solutions to solve complex challenges across finance, energy, manufacturing, logistics, space, healthcare, and defense. Its flagship product, Singularity, accelerates and improves optimization and AI models using existing software tools. The company also developed CompactifAI, an LLM compressor that reduces model size by over 80% while cutting retraining and inference costs by 50%.With 140+ employees, 95 patents, and 40+ research papers, Multiverse is driving quantum innovation. Recognized among the 100 Most Promising Companies in AI, it also received the 2024 Future Unicorn award from Digital Europe. Multiverse operates in Spain, Canada, France.

Team ManagementSupervised LearningMachine LearningFinanceGenerative AIProject Management+5

Feynman foundation

Administrateur

Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 · 4 mos

A public utility foundation for Quantum Science and Technology as a common good for Humanity

Project Management

Le lab quantique

Member of QuantX / Le Lab Quantique

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

️⃣ Quantum Technologies Specialist
️⃣ Quantum Hackathon business phase co-organizer 2021

Deep Learning

Aifiscience

Founder

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 8 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

️⃣ Contractor for blue chip companies (e.g. Air Liquide), SME, global management strategy firm (e.g. BCG) regarding deep techs as quantum enabling technology and IP (SATT, Questel...)
️⃣ Quantum technologies teaching & outreach
️⃣ Strategy consulting services
️⃣ Business/market intelligence

Supervised LearningMachine LearningGenerative AIProject ManagementBusiness Model InnovationBusiness Strategy+2

Societe generale corporate and investment banking - sg cib

2 roles

Global Head of Algo Factory

Jul 2014 – Nov 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos

My team and I provide SG clients with best-in-class algos, and also advisory/consultancy about execution and microstrutures topics. Strong client focus to find right solution by combining SG strengths in the domain of multi-product execution services, especially in the low-touch algo trading. Agency execution algos, Smart Order Routing, Toxicity, Passive/Aggressive orders are some of the keywords characterizing to my job.

Team ManagementSupervised LearningMachine LearningFinancial ModelingFinanceGenerative AI+2

Global Head of Quantitative Trading - Global Equity Flow - Execution Services

Oct 2004 – Jul 2014 · 9 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for the quantitative research Team and development of the Algorithmic Trading offer for SG cash Equities businness. Meanwhile also manage a global correlation book (CRB) to offer a facilitation service (market making : Single Stock, ETF, basket) and Principal Blind Bidding in the SG capital commitment Framework.
I am in charge of designing strategies to improve execution slippage; implementation shortfall, VWAP, liquidity seeking algorithms SOR (market fragmentation), etc. I develop also short-term alpha signals, conducting post-trade analysis (adverse selection issue), researching equity market microstructure and working on order placement.
Developping Long/Short strategies (pair trading , index reweighting, stat arb strategies)...
Optimisation of Client Flow
Before that, I set up a systematic futures prop trading activity– All assets, Low, Mid, and High-Frequency strategies

Team ManagementSupervised LearningMachine LearningFinancial ModelingFinanceGenerative AI+2