Kevin Byrnes is a quantitative investment analyst on the Integrated Equity team in the U.S. Equity Division. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Kevin’s investment experience began in 2021. He was with T. Rowe Price from 2013 to 2016, beginning as a quantitative analyst in the Multi-Asset Division where he worked on a variety of research projects, including building models for tactical asset allocation, and returned in 2025. Prior to this, Kevin was a quantitative research analyst at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Office of Clearance and Settlement. He also was employed by DuPont Capital as a quantitative analyst.  

Kevin earned a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and statistics from Johns Hopkins University, a master of engineering degree in operations research from Cornell University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rutgers University. In addition, Kevin has published numerous papers in the areas of optimization and discrete mathematics and has been a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, teaching courses in mathematical optimization in finance and mathematical modeling.