Philip J. McDonnell (Sammamish, WA) is a trader and software and trading methodologies developer who has created proprietary data collection and analysis tools for real time analysis of market direction and stock selection with an emphasis on options analysis. Prior, he handled network operations for a venture capital incubator, The Inception Group, and developed and sold an options analysis software package. He has also developed option risk management software for Charles Schwab & Co. McDonnell served as research assistant at University of California, Berkeley, School of Business, under Victor Niederhoffer. He holds degrees in mathematics and computer science from University of California, Berkeley.