Sam Alcoff is a founding partner of Tilden Park Capital Management, serving as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer since 2008. His career is rooted in financial technology, having previously led software engineering at BlackRock and the security analytics team at Drake Management. He holds a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Villanova University.
He has a long-standing professional relationship with his co-founder, Josh Birnbaum, whom he has known since they were undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife are parents to a student at The Ethel Walker School (class of 2027).
Unique fact: Sam holds both an engineering degree and a law degree, and is a member of the bar in New York and New Jersey.
Sam Alcoff
Chief Operating Officer at Tilden Park Capital Management
New York, New York, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
Fintech Architecture
He has extensive experience building trading systems, analytics, and risk management platforms from the ground up at BlackRock and Tilden Park.
Risk Management
His background includes leading a Technology and Risk Management group, focusing on security analytics and modeling.
Alternative Investments
As a co-founder and COO of a successful hedge fund for over a decade, he is deeply involved in the alternative asset management landscape.
Media Appearances
Sam has no verified media appearances
Work History
5-2008
Chief Operating Officer at Tilden Park Capital Management
11-2006 - 5-2008
Director - Security Analytics Group at Drake Management
2005 - 2008
Director of Strategic Engineering at Distributed Capital
1998 - 2005
Head of Software Engineering at Blackrock
Education
1990 - 1994
BSE from University of Pennsylvania
1994 - 1997
JD from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Location : New York, New York, United States
Job Level : Leadership
Designation : Chief Operating Officer at Tilden Park Capital Management
