Robert Simon

Executive Director, Master of Science in Computational Finance

Bio

Robert Simon serves as Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Master of Science in Computational Finance (MSCF) program, a role he has held since 2023. He provides executive leadership for the program’s delivery, industry engagement, and growth, working across faculty, employers, and Carnegie Mellon. He chairs MSCF’s Steering Committee and is a founding member of the Commodities Quant Lab.

Before joining MSCF, Robert spent nearly three decades in global equities, electronic trading, and prime brokerage. He was most recently a Managing Director on Barclays’ Prime Origination Sales desk in New York and previously held senior equity and financing roles at Citi, J.P. Morgan, and Schwab Capital Markets in New York and Hong Kong.

Robert earned dual degrees in Information and Decision Systems and Business from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Columbia University.