Craig Brown

Craig Brown leads the Quant Strategy team at LPL Research, which is responsible for systematically analyzing financial market data and delivering data-driven multi-asset investment solutions to advisors at scale. Craig is also a member of the Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC), which provides a united investment view across a comprehensive range of investing disciplines.

“A teacher in high school exposed me to the world of financial markets and I was instantly hooked. Fast forward to today and that means the work I do positions LPL to be a great partner to advisors—in essence by doing the heavy lifting for them when it comes to data and analytics.”

Before joining the Research team, Craig was Vice President of LPL Enterprise Data and Analytics, where he helped drive Business Development and Corporate Strategy through data and analytics.

Prior to joining LPL Financial

Craig was a Senior Research Associate at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where he led a team of investment analytics and data professionals in managing the global index data product and performance reporting software development projects. Before that, Craig worked as an economic consultant in both the public and private sectors.

Education & Achievements

Master’s in Computational Social Science, George Mason University

BS in Economics and Information Analysis, James Madison University