Jack Simmons Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

At LSEG I manage the methodological development and implementation of carbon data products and associated climate-friendly investment indices, and serve as research lead/SME to listed companies on climate-related data products including fossil fuel reserves and carbon emissions.Responsibilities:• Lead index transition of climate-friendly investment indices to in-house carbon datasets for corporates. Product management responsibilities included composition of original research, client outreach, IT implementation, supervision of analyst training and data collection.• Direct the design of proprietary carbon emissions estimation models for public companies• Produce climate and environmental research on various topics (e.g. corporate temperature alignment, uncertainty of carbon emissions estimates) and provide ESG portfolio analytics and other support for clients.

Greater New York City Area

In this role I managed the quantitative investment process for a hybrid quantitative and fundamental asset manager, focusing on the research of broad-market investment opportunities and security selection. I also served as a key member of the launch team for Chiron Capital Allocation Fund, a global multi-asset mutual fund. Projects & Responsibilities: • Developed multi-factor, multi-asset class models and performance tracking for over 4000 global securities in R, Python, and SAS. Designed original research into quantitative investment strategies.• Collaborated with portfolio managers in all facets of investment process, monitored and interpreted risk and asset allocation, style tilt, and stock selection in the context of a proprietary quantitative framework.• Managed equity hedge of the portfolio, organized security selection, and tracked performance.• Spearheaded continuous improvement of quantitative process and data pipelines. Upgraded visualization methods, automated reports, improved data storage, introduced Git for version control, and converted code base to R and Python to reduce dependency on SAS and licensing costs.

Projects: Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics, Sustainable Development Goals My work at the UN included assessment of the environmental record keeping capacity of member states of the East African Community and Economic Community of West African States, and directly suggesting improvements to national documents.I also critiqued and supported the development of the Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics and the climate change-related indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals.

New York, New York

Project: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project On this project I compiled and visualized climate model data of hundreds of international scientists in MATLAB and R to quantify regional yield sensitivity to precipitation, temperature, and CO2 concentration changes. I also designed systematic, reproducible data visualizations in R for international scientists to compare analogous research methods.

Greenbelt, Maryland

Project: Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness On this project I designed a dynamic landslide hazard assessment system for Central America and Hispaniola in R and ArcGIS, utilizing the Global Landslide Catalog of over 500 landslides and TRMM Satellite rainfall estimates. The findings were published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Journal.

Ann Arbor

I served as a TA for AOSS 350 Atmospheric Thermodynamics.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

My research included design and implementation of a photovoltaic power system on the payload of a high-altitude space balloon of Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory.

Master'S Degree, Climate And Society

Activities and Societies: Gamma Iota Sigma, AGMIP.org

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering, Earth Systems Engineering, Senior

Activities and Societies: University of Michigan Athletic Bands, Michigan Balloon Retrieval and Satellite Test-bed, Field Band Foundation.

High School Diploma