Nick Kokonas Partner Nick Kokonas is a managing partner of Achatz LLC, formed to envision, create, and manage Alinea. Together with Grant Achatz, Nick coordinated the creation of Alinea, including the formation and execution of the business plan, hiring of all professional trades, and management of ongoing operations. Prior to his involvement with Alinea, Nick spent over a decade as a derivatives trader, founding his own proprietary trading firm in 1994. Concurrent to his trading activities, Nick has been an investor in, and advisor to, a number of mid-size technology firms, and currently serves on several corporate boards. Nick holds a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University.