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Areas of Focus: Hedge Fund of Funds, Hedge Fund Evaluation, Portfolio Construction, Quantitative Financial Modeling Profile: Responsible for building and testing quantitative models of hedge fund manager performance and risk, as well as asset allocation models across manager styles and hedge fund strategies Nearly 20 years experience in creating and testing financial and economic models/theories Previously an associate professor of finance at DePaul University for 10 years where his research focused on empirical tests of financial theories Accomplishments: Author of 17 peer review articles appearing in both academic and trade journals Author of numerous working papers in the area of finance and economics Frequent speaker at industry trade conferences Education: B.A., Bemidji State University M.A., Washington University Ph.D., Washington University Affiliations: International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFA), member Professional Risk Managers Association International (PRMIA), C-Suite member Past member of the American Finance Association, Financial Management Association and Midwest Finance Association. | 