HighVista Strategies
AJ Mercer is a skilled technology professional with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Brandeis University, where involvement included men's soccer and computational neuroscience. Currently serving as a Senior Systems Engineer and Infrastructure Team Lead at HighVista Strategies since April 2021, AJ has advanced through roles from Junior Systems Engineer to Systems Engineer. Prior experience includes working as a Help Desk Technician at Commonwealth Financial Network and completing an Information Technology Internship at X-Chem, Inc. Education was completed at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, earning a High School Diploma.
HighVista Strategies
HighVista is an alternative asset manager that brings investors the power to go anywhere in pursuit of enduring, outsized alpha. Based in Boston and founded in 2004, HighVista manages nearly $5 billion of capital on behalf of sophisticated investors globally. The firm's unique culture combines inquisitive thinking with rigorous discipline to find inefficiencies across public and private markets. This flexibility and approach make HighVista a preferred partner for investors looking outside the standard playbook for differentiated ideas that can amplify returns. Investment strategies include opportunistic private credit and equity, biotechnology equities, hedged public markets strategies, and multi-strategy alternatives.