Bradford Stanley, CFA, serves as Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of The Stanley Laman Group, which he joined in 2003. As CIO, Brad oversees the firm's investment research platform and directs portfolio strategy across multiple asset classes and global markets.
Brad is the Portfolio Manager for the firm's U.S. AI and Asia AI equity strategies. He is the creator and architect of the firm's proprietary Ad-Star® System, a sophisticated quantitative framework that evaluates publicly traded companies through comprehensive fundamental and forensic analysis of over ten thousand historical financial metrics, ratios, and proprietary algorithms.
Since early 2024, Brad has spearheaded the firm's artificial intelligence integration, developing the Fusion Engine—a proprietary architecture that combines multiple advanced AI systems and synthesizes their outputs into cross-validated analysis. He leads the development of AI-enhanced systems for research analysis, software engineering, backtesting protocols, and quantitative platform architecture, positioning the firm at the forefront of AI-enhanced investment management. The firm's structural advantages—speed of adoption, technical sophistication, and absence of bureaucratic constraints—enable rapid integration of advanced analytical capabilities into the investment process.
Brad is a CFA Charterholder, having earned the designation in 2009 after passing all three examinations on the first attempt. He is a member of the American Finance Association and the CFA Society of Philadelphia.
Brad earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003, with a minor in Cognitive Psychology. He was awarded the Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Award. His dual background in computer science and quantitative finance equips him uniquely to integrate advanced technology with rigorous investment discipline.
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