Silverthorne, Colorado
The frontier has always
been my current address.
Forty years of building at the edge of technology, finance, and human decision-making.
Current work
What I'm working on
Yodacom Research
Applying fuzzy logic to post-MPT portfolio theory. Publishing quantitative finance papers that challenge how uncertainty is represented in modern portfolio construction.
CoinRoc
A crypto grid-trading rating engine that scores strategies using fuzzy logic rather than gut feel. Bridging rigorous research and actionable decision-support.
Visit site →VetTheTech
A tool for evaluating technology claims with the same rigor applied to financial instruments. Because due diligence should not stop at asset classes.
The person behind the work
Forty years. One thread.
In 1984, before "quant" was a job title, I co-founded Navigator Fund — a multimanager futures fund that landed in the Wall Street Journal's top ten. Around the same time I built RAMCAP, one of the first desktop investment optimizers, spanning 230+ asset classes. It sold in 1987 and is still in use.
In 1994 I built InfoHiway — a distributed search engine with 1.3 million visitors by March 1995, featuring "Fuzzy Relational Links" years before the concept went mainstream. RMI.net acquired it in 1998. The same fuzzy-logic instinct runs through everything I've built since.
I also hold a Master of Divinity. I've spent as much time thinking about consciousness and meaning as I have about markets and algorithms. Those aren't separate interests — they're the same curiosity aimed at different domains.
I live in Silverthorne, Colorado, where the mountains have a way of clarifying what actually matters. I'm always building.
Full project history →Speaking
Available for keynotes
On futurology, AI, crypto, portfolio theory, and what forty years at the frontier actually teaches you about where technology is heading next.
See topics →Writing
Latest thinking
The Bill Gross Email
In 1997 I pioneered paid search results and got buried in hate mail. Then Bill Gross emailed me. I almost didn't know who he was.
Why I Build
Forty years of making tools. A few things I've learned about why I keep doing it — and what "building" actually means when the problems are this complex.
On YouTube
Watch
@jjblack
Jeremy J. Black — Introduction
Forty years at the frontier of technology, finance, and human decision-making. An introduction.
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Client Tool Demo — Teams & Employees
A walkthrough of the decision-support tools built for clients managing teams and employee workflows.
23:01@jjblack
Energy, Alignment and You
Consciousness, energy, and the questions that sit alongside the quantitative work.