Meet the Team!

The Locus team is focused on developing tools that fundamentally change the way people understand the economy by reimagining and reengineering the way we interact with economic data.

Rory Riggs

Founder & CEO

Rory Riggs has spent over 15 years developing the underlying theory and applications for the Locus Model, a new approach to organizing business and economic data. This work led to the founding of Locus Analytics, LLC and Syntax, LLC where Rory and his team have developed both the Syntax stratified portfolio/index methodologies for investment securities as well as a new class of technology and applications for economic systems mapping and modeling. Covered by fifteen approved patents and several pending patents, the Locus technology has enabled a new method of interactive data analytics for business and economic data. Syntax Indices is the first application of the Locus technology to the organization and management of investment securities.

Rory is also the chairman and co-founder of Royalty Pharma, the largest investor in revenue-producing intellectual property: principally, royalty interests in marketed and late-stage development biopharmaceutical products. In addition, Rory is Chairman and co-founder of Cibus, the leader in non-transgenic plant breeding; its technology is enabling a new precision gene editing approach to plant breeding that promises to move the food industry beyond current GMO (or transgenic) technologies.

+ HAZIM AL-ERYANI

Hazim leads product strategy at Locus with a focus on Private Equity and Venture Capital applications. He believes that a good data product is only as good as its inputs. With FIS, Locus has the unparalleled capability to accurately classify companies - equipping investors with the tools to identify new investment opportunities.

Hazim graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a degree in International Relations and a concentration in Sustainable Development. He received a Master's degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University with a concentration in International Business Relations and Development Economics. Prior to Locus, he worked with the International Crisis Group, Amnesty International, and the Atlantic Council. In his spare time, he is exploring hiking trails, cooking an over-spiced dish, or attending comedy shows.

+ Sai Baddurai

Sai’s current work at Locus, revolves around coordinating classification projects at Locus and overseeing quality. He graduated from University of Denver with a master’s degree in Material Sciences. He is passionate about business storytelling, design thinking, and public speaking. His formula to life- Live.Laugh.Learn is what he believes keeps him chasing goals optimistically.

He believes diversity is a foundation to Locus data product and one day looks forward to study the economy of his home country through the locus FIS lens. Outside of work Sai loves hiking beautiful trails in the Rockies, baking cheesecakes, performing improv comedy, and exploring the field of psychology.

+ Philip Crotty

Phil joined Locus after having led the International Business Development team at Newscom, where he helped build and manage a partnership network of the world's leading digital media content providers. While at Locus, Phil has led the data acquisition and licensing, professional development, and office management teams. He is currently Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources.

Phil holds a BA in Political Science, with a minor in Journalism, from the University of Rochester, a CAPM through the Project Management Institution, and a Certificate in General Management from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Phil lives in New York with his wife and son and is an avid beer-league hockey player.

+ JOSEPH KELLY

Joe makes sure that the model and language of Locus theory continue to be sound and applicable. He helps manage the classification database and works to further expand the intersection of theory and analytics. Joe is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Economics and the Program of Liberal Studies.

When Joe isn’t debating theory topics, or covertly pouring seltzer into his coffee, you can find him somewhere in Brooklyn reading a book on someone else’s stoop. His favorite comic strip is Calvin and Hobbes.

+ TREASURE TINSLEY

Treasure is a storyteller, researcher, and project strategist. She focuses on making complicated ideas simple and intuitive.

+ JOE LACEY

Joe oversees the expansion and management of the Locus classification database and supported applications. He thinks that most things are more similar than different, but especially companies and how they operate within the economy.

Joe graduated summa cum laude from American University with a BA in International Economics. He is passionate about speechwriting, road cycling, and the national park system.

+ Geoffrey Martin

Geoffrey joined the Locus team after spending his sophomore summer as an intern working on Locus’ labour and industries theory. Currently, his work looks at statistical applications to Locus data as well as the exploration of legislative data for future Locus tools.