"Dr. Thomas Oberlechner is an internationally recognized expert in decision psychology and behavioral science. With his company BehaviorQuant (www.behaviorquant.com), he develops novel behavioral finance technology that quantifies the behavioral dispositions of financial decision-makers. This technology helps professionals make better financial decisions, achieve more consistent performance, and provide uniquely tailored advisory services. Through his decades of research and work, Dr. Oberlechner has had immediate access to an extremely broad range of investment institutions and professionals, from Wall Street executives at the world's leading banks to asset managers, top traders, institutional investors, and financial clients. For many years, he has developed financial technology based on behavioral science in Silicon Valley and consulted for financial firms with his unique behavioral expertise. Dr. Oberlechner completed his university studies both in Europe and the US. He holds a doctorate in psychology and holds master’s degrees in psychology, law, and consulting psychology from University of Vienna and Harvard University. With a Habilitation –the formal requirement for Full Professorship – on the topic of financial market psychology, he served for many years as a full university professor and as head of the Department of Psychology at Webster University in Vienna. Dr. Oberlechner has researched and taught at Harvard, MIT, the University of Cologne, and the University of Vienna. His research has widely been published in academic and professional journals as well as in his books The Psychology of the Foreign Exchange Market (Wiley Publishers) and The Psychology of Ethics in the Finance and Investment Industry (CFA Institute). In addition to his scientific credentials, Dr. Oberlechner is also a licensed clinical psychologist, senior psychotherapist, and an experienced executive coach"