Dr. Gunter Meissner is Executive Research Director at Bodhi Research Group. Dr. Meissner is also an Adjunct Professor of Mathematical Finance at Columbia University and NYU, and the creator of Derivatives Software (www.dersoft.com). After a lectureship in mathematics and statistics at the Economic Academy Kiel, Gunter Meissner PhD, joined Deutsche Bank in 1990, trading interest rate futures, swaps, and options in Frankfurt and New York. He became Head of Product Development in 1994, responsible for originating algorithms for new derivatives products, which at the time were Lookback Options, Multi-asset Options, Quanto Options, Average Options, Index Amortizing Swaps, and Bermuda Swaptions. In 1995/1996 Gunter Meissner was Head of Options at Deutsche Bank Tokyo. From 1997 to 2007, Gunter was Professor of Finance at Hawaii Pacific University and from 2008 to 2013 Director of the Master’s in Financial Engineering Program at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Meissner has been invited to speak in conferences and seminars, both in academia and industry, globally. Dr. Meissner has published numerous papers and seven books on derivatives and risk management. His latest book on “Economic and Financial Forecasting – 10 Methods” came out in 2020. His current book “How to Cheat in Statistics – And Get Away with It” is in submission. Dr. Meissner resides in Honolulu, Hawaii with his wife and two children.
