Sean Hegarty

Empowered Funds LLC (do-business-as ETF Architect) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Havertown, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Wesley R. Gray in 2013 and is owned by Alpha Architect LLC, which is a subsidiary of Empirical Finance LLC. ETF Architect offers investment management services through Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs).

Alpha Architect ETF Trust is an open-end management investment company consisting of multiple investment series. Alpha Architect was founded on October 11, 2013 and is headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

Empirical Finance LLC, also known as alpha architect, is an asset management firm that specializes in high-conviction value and momentum factor exposures. The private company is based in Havertown, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company aims to avoid "closet-index" factor exposures. The company was founded in 2010 by Wesley Robert Gray, who has been the CEO since 2010.