Bryan Patterson

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

Before joining Virage in 2014, Mr. Patterson was an Executive Director of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management (“JPMAAM”), a multibillion-dollar fund of hedge funds group at JP Morgan Asset Management, where he was responsible for investment analysis, research, and due diligence of hedge funds with a focus on relative value, macro, credit and niche strategies.

He was also responsible for management of hedge fund portfolios for institutional and high net worth clients. Over the ten years Mr. Patterson spent with JPMAAM he became involved with almost every aspect of the hedge fund business, from trading, portfolio management and risk management, to operations, staffing, financing and compliance. Prior to joining JPMAAM in May 2004, Mr. Patterson was responsible for pricing and trading over-the-counter commodity derivatives for Macquarie, Inc. in both New York and Chicago, where he first led Macquarie’s floor trading group and then managed a book of exchange traded and OTC exotic options.

From 1996 to 2000, he traded commodity options on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade for Gordon Trading and then Cargill, Inc., where he not only traded but also helped manage risk for the broader firm and led derivative and risk classes for product line managers.

Mr. Patterson received his M.B.A. with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Washington and Lee University.