David Papson is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of CDT Capital Management, having developed the firm's investment and risk management thesis leveraging insider activity to generate investment leads in 2017. He combines quantitative and fundamental approaches in his investment methodology, bringing prior experience in institutional risk management. Papson holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University (2011-2015) and maintains Series 65 (FINRA) certification along with multiple certifications in Python and programming fundamentals. The management team includes Dimitri Perrakis as Chief Technology Officer since 2019, who brings 18 years of software development experience and oversees software architecture, data engineering, and cybersecurity. Sean Geary serves as Chief Legal Officer with experience from private sector, government agencies, and military service, ensuring compliance with evolving hedge fund regulations. Chris Piccoli, CFP® and CIMA®, joined the Board of Advisors in 2023, providing strategic guidance on marketing, regulatory efforts, and client relations for institutional investors and high net worth individuals.

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CDT Capital Management operates on the fundamental belief that corporate insiders possess and routinely exploit an asymmetric information advantage over the rest of the market. The firm specializes in decoding insider activity using proprietary AI-driven technology to continuously mine and learn from insider transaction data. Only less than 10% of insider transactions meet their high-conviction criteria and pass rigorous fundamentals-based due diligence. CDT employs a 'Quantamental Process' that marries technology-driven quantitative analysis with analyst-driven fundamental analysis. Their algorithms focus on analyzing trading behaviors of executive-level insiders who have asymmetric information advantages. The firm maintains an unlevered, long-only approach across diversified sectors. CDT finds and invests in companies where above-average people are also buying shares of the companies they manage. The strategy combines systematic value investing with deep insider information insights to deliver durable long-term returns. The firm operates with the philosophy of 'Investing Above the Clouds' to achieve high-teens long-term returns through disciplined risk management.

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