Our Team

  • Orly Esteban | Founder

    Orly founded Dakila research to develop algorithms to trade the stock market. He has over 20 years of experience working for federal clients and Fortune 500 companies.

    Orly has a BS Engineering from Saint Louis University in the Philippines, MS Engineering from the University of the Philippines and MS Data Science from Indiana University.

  • Sam Esteban | Algorithm Developer

    Sam is a sophomore at New York University studying Mathematics and Computer Science. He is also a Portfolio Team member at NYU’s Quantitative Finance Society.

    In his free time, he likes playing and listening to music and playing chess.

  • Nikolle Esteban | Operations Manager

    Nikolle graduated from the University of Virginia in December 2022 with a degree in Medical Anthropology, Ethics, and Care and Sociology.

    She is an aspiring lawyer and is currently preparing for law school applications.