About

Meet the Quantum
Hedging Team

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Cy Monley, Series 3 Licensed

Managing Partner,
Director of Brokerage

Cy grew up in the Red River Valley growing sugar beets, and brings 23 years of experience in agricultural commodity trading, with a diverse, entrepreneurial track record.  Prior to founding Quantum Hedging, Cy co-founded the advisory and brokerage firm Silveus Financial and the trading and risk management firm Structured Commodity Solutions along with Satish, as well as the Commodity Trading Advisor Trevinci Liquid Ag Strategy. After selling two of his businesses to Farmers Business Network in 2019, Cy returned to risk management for large farm operations through traditional brokerage and portfolio management services.

Cy holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. 

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Kevin McNew, PhD

Partner,
Director of Research 

Kevin grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, and brings 32 years of experience in econometrics, market analysis and advanced statistical modeling.  As lead of our market intelligence lab, Kevin drives the quantitative analysis, guiding AI to determine the market factors most influential on agricultural commodity prices and leveraging machine learning to generate precise probabilities of our price forecasting models and trading strategies.  

Prior to founding Quantum Hedging, Kevin founded the leading market intelligence firm, GeoGrain, serving industry titans such as Cargill and Bloomberg.  He became the Chief Economist at Farmers Business Network in 2017 when GeoGrain was acquired. 

Kevin holds a PhD in Economics from North Carolina State University. 

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Satish Nandapurkar

Partner,
Director of Data-Driven Trading 

Satish brings 35 years of experience in trading and risk management strategy with the world’s largest financial institutions, including UBS, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.  In addition, he has held leadership roles serving on the management teams of CME, Eurex and the Chicago Climate Exchange. Prior to founding Quantum Hedging, Satish co-founded Silveus Financial and Structured Commodity Solutions with Cy. As the resident strategist on the Quantum Hedging team, he leverages our AI-driven price models to evaluate the tradeoffs of commodity trading strategies to design disciplined recommendations for our clients. 

Satish is a former US Air Force officer and holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT. 

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