Tom Widland

Tom Widland is a Managing Director and Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma, the New York quantitative investment manager, where he leads Fast Forecasting and Trading. He joined the firm in 2006 after earning a BA in Mathematics (and Religion) at Harvard University (2002-2006). As a high school student at Albuquerque Academy he represented the United States at the IOI 2001, winning a silver medal, and he competed for Harvard at the ACM-ICPC World Finals. His Two Sigma role and identity are corroborated across his LinkedIn profile, an ICPC feature that names him as a lead researcher in Two Sigma's modeling division, and his Harvard/IOI record.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Tom Widland holds an actual present role at Two Sigma - an investment manager that describes itself as using 'data science and technology to uncover value in markets' (i.e. a quantitative/systematic investment firm) - as Managing Director & Quantitative Researcher, which the ICPC feature dates to a 12-year tenure as of Nov 2018 (joined ~2006) and RocketReach dates to Sep 2006; his earliest finance role was a 2004 Weissman internship at Kaupthing Bunadarbanki conducting financial economics research in risk management. Identity is supported by cross-linked independent records (Harvard class of 2006 BA Mathematics, IOI 2001 US silver medalist, ACM-ICPC World Finals 2004). The Two Sigma and Kaupthing leads are thus actual roles/internships at genuine quantitative-finance/banking employers, not student programs or competitions.Nov 21, 2018
• Joined Two Sigma in 2006 (12 years at the firm as of a Nov 2018 feature) and is a lead researcher in Two Sigma's modeling division, now titled Managing Director & Quantitative Researcher - a roughly 20-year tenure at one quantitative investment firm.Nov 21, 2018
• His LinkedIn headline is 'Head, Fast Forecasting and Trading at Two Sigma', indicating his current remit spans short-horizon forecasting and trading systems within the firm's modeling organization.2026
• An ICPC feature states that an ICPC teammate introduced him to Two Sigma and to the field of quantitative finance, a directly sourced connection between his competitive-programming network and his later employer.Nov 21, 2018
• As a Harvard undergraduate in summer 2004, held a Weissman International Internship at Kaupthing Bunadarbanki in Reykjavik, Iceland, conducting financial economics research in risk management - his earliest documented finance role (the bank is an Icelandic commercial/investment bank).Oct 2004
• Won a silver medal representing the United States at IOI 2001 (rank 25/272, score 375/600).Jul 2001
• Attended Harvard University (class of 2006) and graduated with a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Religion/Religious Studies.2006
• Represented Harvard at the ACM-ICPC World Finals in Prague in April 2004; the three-person team (with Gregory N. Price and Vladimir S. Novakovski) finished 9th, and he earned his spot by finishing first or second in a Harvard Computing Contest Club open contest.Apr 2004
• Was a member of the US IOI delegation in the early 2000s and a USA Computing Olympiad (USACO) contestant, the national pipeline that produced his IOI 2001 team.2001
• Attended the 2000 Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT as a 'Rickoid', the selective six-week summer research program run by the Center for Excellence in Education.2000
• The ICPC teammate account (Vladimir Novakovski) describes him as a long-time ICPC/USACO acquaintance, corroborating the Harvard-ICPC-to-Two-Sigma path across independent sources.2015
• Elected to Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa chapter as part of the class of 2006.2006