Brett is the founder and principal of Omega Edge. He has over 10 years experience in fixed income, equities and derivatives trading as well as 5 years spent as a strategy consultant for financial services companies, technology startups and private partnerships.

Recently he built 2 new lines of business at a 28 year-old financial services company. Prior engagements include forming an emerging private equity real estate sponsor and completing a successful turnaround with a change management partner.  From 2009 to 2015 he operated as a research analyst and trader at a management company of and was a co-investor in a Chicago-based hedge fund, New Salem Investment Capital, LLC. From 2008 to 2009 he was an associate portfolio manager with a registered investment adviser, a division of what is now RCM Asset Management, LLC.

Previously he held positions in credit and risk transfer services at Bank of America, R.J.O'Brien and Merrill Lynch & Co.

Brett began his career in the telecommunications industry in corporate finance. He earned his BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He earned the right to use the CAIA designation in May 2016.

Brett’s writings and commentaries about the financial markets have been featured in the Financial Times, Bloomberg Markets and in Traders Magazine.