About : Brains

Making Investing Fun

The founder of Brains, Christopher Poillon, began his career working for a leading bank in Hong Kong and China, and spent the years after learning more about investing on a global level.

“For me, investing has never been about
investing in companies, but rather investing
in ideas, movements, and people.” - CP

Author of “Getting Started in Emerging Markets” (Wiley), Christopher created the Brains system based on a higher macro-economic global perspective, and then gamified the process to make investment a more enjoyable process.

Investing Based on Psychology & Vision

Brains was designed to look at the whole of a person – their view of the future world, personal interests, and lifestyle – and craft personalized portfolios unique to each person.

“Why are all investment websites so boring and predictable? Why hasn’t anyone invented a platform that helps you invest how you see the future of the world?” - CP

And so Brains was born, designed for every person, no matter what your beliefs and vision are… from those who envision a future utopian society on Mars, or streets filled with zombies.

A Global Community

Christopher has brought together experts in behavioral psychology, economics, finance, and technology to build a community investment platform where people can meet others to share their vision of the future, and learn how to invest in a supportive environment.

In the next few years Brains intends to expand to other countries, bringing people together in one global community through sophisticated artificial intelligence and language translation tools.

Our Brains Team

Christopher Poillon, MBA Founder

Christopher Founder

Author of "Getting Started Investing in Emerging Markets" (Wiley), Christopher started his career working for a British bank in Hong Kong and China. Since then he has led people and projects on every continent except Antarctica, having directed people and resources in over 50 countries on efforts with over 1,000 personnel.

Mike Kenworthy, PhD, MBA CTO

Mike CTO

Served as CTO of two technology start-ups, with 40 years experience in advanced analytical systems, audio digital pattern matching, optimal estimation, and social media machine learning. Mike has an in depth knowledge of cloud technology, modern software methodology based on Agile process and DevOps Continuous Integration/Continuous Integration. He received his PhD Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech.

Rob Sanders CMO

Rob CMO

Based in San Francisco, Rob is a digital marketing veteran with over 20 years of experience. He has helped companies in the U.S. and abroad utilize emerging technologies to rapidly increase sales and profitability. His company, RSO Consulting, helps clients maximize digital marketing efforts via various channels like pay per click, SEO and social media. He’s an expert in the web analytics value chain, from identifying business goals to translating strategies into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Matthew Kovach, PhD Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Matthew PhD, Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Matthew has a PhD in Social Science from Caltech, and is an expert in game theory, and behavioral and experimental economics. He leads Brains creative and interactive modeling efforts, helping make our Brains community a more interesting and informative place for our Members to invest.

Ali Habibnia, PhD Financial & Portfolio Strategy

Ali PhD, Financial & Portfolio Strategy

Ali has a PhD from the London School of Economics, and drives our Artificial Intelligence and financial modeling efforts. His research is focused on the intersection of statistical machine learning and big data econometrics, with a particular interest in the high-dimensional nonlinear time-series analysis and their applications in macroeconomic/financial forecasting and estimation of big financial networks.

Stan Corey Regulatory & Compliance Advisor

Stan Regulatory & Compliance Advisor

Stan is a senior advisor for Brains, with over 40 years of experience as a professional Wealth Advisor and published author of numerous financial advice books. He is an expert in FINRA and SEC compliance regulations, and is a Certified Financial Planner Professional (CFP), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), and Certified Private Wealth Advisor.