Eric Larsen

Biography

Eric Larsen is an experienced entrepreneur and executive in finance, technology, and business operations. He began his career at Andersen Consulting, led the technology team at Quellos , and subsequently held a senior role in the Aladdin Product Group at BlackRock. He is currently an active investor and Entrepreneur in Residence at the UW. He works as an advisor with emerging Northwest companies seeking to scale and has led multiple fund raising rounds. At Quellos he built the world-class research, operations and customer management system Quasar, a key strategic advantage for Quellos, scaling from 17 employees with $324M in assets to 350 employees and $25B. He also led Financial Risk Management and advised emerging hedge funds via Quellos Financial Ventures. BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world with over $4 trillion in AUM, acquired Quellos’ hedge fund business in 2007 and Eric lead the development of Quasar into BlackRock’s internal core Aladdin CRM with over 5000 users. At BlackRock Eric served on the Global Operating Committee, oversaw the global redesign of BlackRock’s websites, and launched the Client Analytics group in 2014. Eric earned CFA designation in 2001, his MBA with honors in Finance from DePaul University, and his undergraduate degree at University of Illinois in Electrical Engineering.    

Research Interest

Biomolecules, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology