Michael Amori

Michael is the CEO and Co-Founder of Virtualitics. Michael is a data scientist and entrepreneur with a background in finance and physics. He co-authored many of the patents underpinning the Virtualitics AI platform. He believes that AI applied to data analytics can help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges.

Prior to co-founding Virtualitics, he served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, where he established and led a data-driven trading desk spanning London, New York, and India, with a focus on the insurance and pensions markets. In this role, he managed a large team of data scientists, designed predictive modeling and risk management systems, and launched the bank’s first insurance-linked fund, serving as its technical advisor. Earlier in his career, he was an interest rate derivatives trader at several major banks and completed the Goldman Sachs analyst program.

Michael was also a researcher in nanotechnology at Caltech, where he contributed to two papers and obtained one patent. The patent is related to a quantitative method for determination of target molecules in the context of nanotechnology devices applied to medical research.

Michael is interested in science education, especially for early childhood, to reduce inequality. He is a member of the Board of Caltech’s Computer Science Department (IST division), a member of the Board of the Pasadena Math Academy, and a judge at the LA County Junior High Physics Science Fair. He was a member of the Caltech Children’s Center Board. He has an MBA from Harvard, an MS in Applied Physics from Caltech, and a BS in Physics with honors from Columbia University.