Thomas Oberlechner, Phd Email & Phone Number

Vienna, At

Vienna, Austria

Thomas Oberlechner is CEO & Chief Science Officer of BehaviorQuant, a behavioral financial technology company that improves financial decisions radically by quantifying behavioral aspects of decision makers. Based on his deep expertise in behavioral finance, decision-making, and psychology, he develops innovative financial technology that informs investment decisions and financial advice with novel data.BehaviorQuant Advisory provides fully automated analysis of risk attitudes and… Show more Thomas Oberlechner is CEO & Chief Science Officer of BehaviorQuant, a behavioral financial technology company that improves financial decisions radically by quantifying behavioral aspects of decision makers. Based on his deep expertise in behavioral finance, decision-making, and psychology, he develops innovative financial technology that informs investment decisions and financial advice with novel data.BehaviorQuant Advisory provides fully automated analysis of risk attitudes and personal preferences for investment recommendations and advice precisely tailored to individual customers. BehaviorQuant Selection offers a fully automatized interaction and analysis of fund managers’ and other investment professionals’ behavioral characteristics, decision tendencies and behavioral risks for unprecedented transparency and predictive insight into financial performance and behavioral risks. Show less

San Francisco

Thomas Oberlechner is Founder and Partner of FinPsy, a San Francisco based consultancy that provides behavioral and psychological expertise to financial and investment decision-makers. He supports professionals and companies interested in integrating newest behavioral knowledge into their decisions, products, and systems. His clients benefit from his vast knowledge about psychology, human behavior, and decisions, which he combines with extensive professional experience working with financial… Show more Thomas Oberlechner is Founder and Partner of FinPsy, a San Francisco based consultancy that provides behavioral and psychological expertise to financial and investment decision-makers. He supports professionals and companies interested in integrating newest behavioral knowledge into their decisions, products, and systems. His clients benefit from his vast knowledge about psychology, human behavior, and decisions, which he combines with extensive professional experience working with financial decision makers and within the financial technology space. Show less

Vienna, Austria

Thomas Oberlechner conducts executive coaching with individuals, and executive seminars and education with groups. In Austria, he is also a fully licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, and a senior training therapist of the Association for Rogerian Psychotherapy, a recognized psychotherapeutic training institution, where he supervises psychotherapists in training, leads seminars on technical and theoretical aspects of therapy, and conducts clinical supervision for therapists.

San Francisco Bay Und Umgebung

Thomas Oberlechner served as Chief Science Officer at iMatchative / AltX, a Silicon Valley based financial technology company. Under his leadership, a team of behavioral scientists developed novel decision support systems for institutional investors and fund managers, conducted empirical research with investment decision makers, and developed psychometric assessments of key behavioral characteristics of investors and fund managers, including novel measures of unconscious tendencies in… Show more Thomas Oberlechner served as Chief Science Officer at iMatchative / AltX, a Silicon Valley based financial technology company. Under his leadership, a team of behavioral scientists developed novel decision support systems for institutional investors and fund managers, conducted empirical research with investment decision makers, and developed psychometric assessments of key behavioral characteristics of investors and fund managers, including novel measures of unconscious tendencies in investment decision-making and of likely changes in risk attitude during market volatility.He also pioneered a system for determining compatibility between institutional investors and fund managers across multiple financial dimensions and behavioral characteristics, cooperating with data scientists, finance experts, and researchers from leading academic institutions. Show less

Vienna, Austria

Thomas Oberlechner has served as Senior Research Professor and department head. He received the “Excellency in Teaching Award” and developed the MA in Psychology (Counseling Psychology) program, the first graduate program in Psychology university-wide, and obtained program accreditations from national and international accrediting agencies to launch the program. He has left a lasting impression on the university by establishing the Psychological Student Counseling Service, an on-campus… Show more Thomas Oberlechner has served as Senior Research Professor and department head. He received the “Excellency in Teaching Award” and developed the MA in Psychology (Counseling Psychology) program, the first graduate program in Psychology university-wide, and obtained program accreditations from national and international accrediting agencies to launch the program. He has left a lasting impression on the university by establishing the Psychological Student Counseling Service, an on-campus counseling and crisis intervention service. Show less

Großraum Boston Und Umgebung

While working as a Fulbright visiting scholar, Thomas Oberlechner conducted research on psychological and behavioral aspects of decision making at the Sloane School of Management. He also studied decision makers at the leading Wall Street banks.

Großraum Boston Und Umgebung

Thomas Oberlechner conducted empirical research on psychological aspects of foreign exchange trading and characteristics of professional traders. He also established research co-operations with leading banks at Wall Street, including ABN-AMRO, AIG International, Bank of Montreal, Bank of New York, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Brown Brothers Harriman, CIBC World Markets, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, FleetBoston Financial, Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mellon… Show more Thomas Oberlechner conducted empirical research on psychological aspects of foreign exchange trading and characteristics of professional traders. He also established research co-operations with leading banks at Wall Street, including ABN-AMRO, AIG International, Bank of Montreal, Bank of New York, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Brown Brothers Harriman, CIBC World Markets, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, FleetBoston Financial, Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mellon Bank, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley & Co., RBC Capital Markets, SEB, State Street Corporation, and UBS Warburg. Show less

Master'S Degree, Counseling And Consulting Psychology, Gpa 3.96

Habilitation, Phd In Psychology, Graduate Studies In Law, Psychology; Law