On Lounge since Oct 2026
Monte Hoover
Member #1,015FounderL2Founder, Rockbound Capital
Quantitative investment management for everyone.
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Achievements
Plugged In ×4Connected sources: GitHub, Hugging Face, LinkedIn, X, website.How: Connected 4 sources (GitHub, LinkedIn, X or a website) in Settings
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Shipper ×2Projects on your profile.How: Added 5 projects to their profile
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Pinned projects
Portable .zshrc and .bashrc files for starting from scratch on a new cluster or laptop.
Code for "DynaGuard: A Dynamic Guardrail Model With User-Defined Policies."
About
Founder of Rockbound Capital. AI researcher.
Experience
Principal at Rockbound Capital | Completing PhD at UMD
Principal · Rockbound Capital
Principal · University of Maryland
Support Engineering Manager · Microsoft
Machine Learning Engineer · Microsoft
Leadership Development Program · Goldman Sachs
Software Developer - Volunteer · Hackers For Charity
Captain, Medical Service Corps · US Army
Software Developer - Volunteer · One Laptop Per Child