Alana Palmedo is Managing Partner at Paradigm and joined the firm at its founding. She and Matt co-lead the firm’s investing and research efforts and oversee firm management. Alana serves on the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee and on the boards of N3XT, Crown and True Anomaly (Observer). She has 20 years of asset management experience from Bill Gates' Investment Office (Cascade Investments), Russell Investments, and Boston University. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and a B.S. in Finance from Pacific Lutheran University.