Before founding Matthews South, Vahagn was a Managing Director of Volatility Strategies at Goldman Sachs. During his 10 years at Goldman, Vahagn worked on modeling and risk management tools for share repurchase, convertible bonds and other derivative products for the Securities Division. Prior to Goldman, Vahagn was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Northwestern University and a Tamarkin Assistant Professor at Brown University. Vahagn graduated from the University of Illinois with a Ph.D in Mathematics.
