Walt Vester
Walt Vester is the Senior Director of Operations Excellence at The Boston Consulting Group, where he leads performance management, process optimization, and change management for a global shared services organization of more than a thousand employees. He is also the Founder of Huygens, an automated investment management platform that delivers diversified index investing with active downside risk management. An entrepreneurial leader in fintech, investment management, and technology product development, Vester specializes in applying predictive analytics and interactive technologies to enhance asset and wealth management. Prior to BCG, he was a Managing Director in The Blackstone Group’s Private Equity division and served as a buy-side Equity Research Analyst at AllianceBernstein.
Walt Vester Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Senior Director of Operations Excellence
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Managing Director of Private Equity
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Vice President and Energy Research Analyst
Academic History
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M.B.A., Corporate Finance
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M.S., Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
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B.S., Computer Systems and Engineering
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Senior Director of Operations Excellence, BCG
Co-Chairman, Rensselaer Quant Finance Program Advisory Board
Affiliate Researcher, New England Complex Systems Institute
Eagle Scout Board of Review, Boy Scouts of America
EARLY CAREER
Vester performed on-the-ground research on tech investment opportunities in China's Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chongqing.
He co-founded and co-managed the growth equity investment fund within Blackstone's private equity business focused on industrials, technology, and energy investing.
He served as Vice President and Energy Research Analyst at AllianceBernstein, where he led the energy tech and industrials practice.
Early in his career, Vester was an Engineer developing algorithms for special ops/secure military radio communications at Harris Corporation.