Wyck Brown

Wyck has over 20 years of experience in multi-discipline buy-side investment management and issuer deal structuring as well as being part of three fintech startups. Prior to joining Castle Placement, he launched, as cofounder, Quarter, Inc., a residential real estate proptech platform. Prior to Quarter, Inc., he spent six years as SVP at ALPS Advisors, a 40-Act product wholesaler, where he was in charge of the firm’s suite of actively managed 40-Act products including as co-portfolio manager of ALPS’ Red Rocks Listed Private Equity mutual fund. Prior to ALPS, he spend 11 years as Principal at Braddock Financial, where, in addition to leading the research and trading of the firm, he ran Braddock’s largest hedge fund, a $500MM net AUM, long/short structured credit strategy, for nearly 10 years. Prior to launching his hedge fund at Braddock, he spent nearly 10 years as a buy-side investor with ING and GWL in research, product development, and trading various MBS / ABS strategies for general and separate accounts. His other two fintech startups were Tick Data (currently a subsidiary of OneMarketData), and, as President, Blackbox Logic (sold to Moody’s Analytics).

He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from University of Denver, and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from The University of Colorado - Boulder. FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).