# Brad Schneider

> Brad Schneider is the founder and CEO of Nomad Data, a New York based AI platform that helps teams find, buy, and read the data hidden inside documents and external vendors. An MIT-trained engineer turned hedge fund investor (Tiger Management, Jericho Capital) and CFA charterholder, he spent a decade using alternative data to beat markets before deciding the harder problem was simply finding the right data in the first place. Nomad Data lets users describe what they need in plain English and routes them to answers, not raw spreadsheets, with products spanning data discovery, a Doc Chat engine for unstructured text, and vendor relationship management for consultancies, insurers, and asset managers.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Nomad Data
- **Organizations:** Nomad Data, Adaptive Management, Jericho Capital, Tiger Management, Palo Alto Investors, InfoLenz
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), CFA Charterholder, CFA Institute
- **Known for:** Founded and sold Adaptive Management, a data analytics company, Managed technology investments at top-tier hedge funds Tiger Management and Jericho Capital, Earned the CFA charter while building a career spanning engineering and finance

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Started as a software / database developer after MIT
- **Early career** — Co-founder and head of product development at InfoLenz, a predictive analytics company
- **Investing years** — Equity analyst at Palo Alto Investors
- **Investing years** — Portfolio Manager at Tiger Management
- **Investing years** — Managing Director at Jericho Capital, a ~$2bn AUM TMT-focused hedge fund
- **Pre-Nomad** — Founder and CEO of Adaptive Management, a data analytics company he grew and sold
- **2020** — Founded Nomad Data and became CEO

## Achievements

- Founded and sold Adaptive Management, a data analytics company
- Managed technology investments at top-tier hedge funds Tiger Management and Jericho Capital
- Earned the CFA charter while building a career spanning engineering and finance
- Built Nomad Data into an AI-powered data discovery platform raising venture funding from Struck Capital, Ten One Ten and Bloomberg Beta
- Shipped Doc Chat, an unstructured-text engine cited at 99% recall and precision and ~75% faster document turnaround

## Latest updates

- **2022-12** — Nomad Data raised seed funding (reported ~$3.2M latest round), backed by Struck Capital, Ten One Ten and Bloomberg Beta.
- **2024-01** — Expanded product suite around Doc Chat, Data Relationship Manager and Connect, targeting consulting, insurance, asset management, hedge funds and private equity.

## Links

- Website: https://nomad-data.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradschneider
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nomaddata
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00aj_QOI9c

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Last updated: 2026-06-25