Investment Adviser Expert Witnesses

This highly qualified expert has been in the field finance and economics for over two decades, with demonstrated experience in valuation, assessment, discounted cash flow, economic and financial modeling, investment analysis, economic damage, earnings analysis, and risk assessment and analysis. He received his BA, in English literature and international relations from the University of California at Santa Barbara and then his PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota where he was both a MacArthur and Fulbright Fellow. He is the author of multiple papers and books, including “Inside the Global Economy: A Practical Guide”. He has worked in a variety of roles including as a consultant to both several countries, Alliance Equity Group LLC and Booz Allen Hamilton. He has also been the lead investor and CEO of Delta Welding and Fabrication. This expert currently runs a door and cabinet hardware design company he helped co-found and works with a private rare metals fabrication investor group in California, as well as serves as an instructor of global economics at a California university.

This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of risk management and insurance and asset management. He earned his BA in the history of science and his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is very active in his field as a member of several professional societies including the Professional Risk Managers International Association, the Buy Side Risk Managers Group, the Investment Company Institute, and the Boston Security Analysts Society. In addition, this expert is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with over 10 publications. He formerly held many roles including portfolio manager of derivates & mortgage-backed securities at Allstate Life Insurance, head of derivative strategy and head of alternative investments at Putnam Investments, and board member of TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company. This expert is currently a risk manager at a federal reserve bank in Massachusetts.

This highly qualified expert is a senior executive and investment professional with 30 years of experience in his field. After earning his BA in finance from the University of Notre Dame, he went on to complete his MBA in international management at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a chartered financial analyst and is certified in FINRA Series 7, 24, 53, 63 and 65. This expert has served in many leadership roles throughout his career, including as the international director of Citizens Insurance Company of America, as president of Sunset Financial Services Corporation, the owner and principal at The Immersion Group, and the senior managing director of Horizon Investments LLC. Most recently, he has founded and is serving as the CEO of a corporate services and investment company based in North Carolina, providing strategic business consulting and subject-matter expertise to clients throughout the country.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and corporate valuation, with additional specialization in energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors. After earning his BA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he went on to become an analyst in corporate finance at Wheat First Butcher Singer and then an associate in mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild Inc. Subsequently, this expert took on many leadership roles in mergers and acquisitions, including as vice president at Prudential Securities Inc., director at UBS Investment Bank, and managing director at RBC Capital Markets. He has also served as managing director of energy and natural resources at BNP Paribas and chief financial officer at ZaZa Energy Corporation. Currently, this expert is the founder and group head of an energy and infrastructure-focused banking firm based in New York and Texas.

This highly-qualified economics and finance expert has over 30 years of experience in his field and specializes in the topics of securities and class-action litigation, corporate finance and governance, and the valuation of public and private companies. He earned his MBA in finance and applied economics from the University of Rochester and his PhD in finance from the University of Washington. He is currently an executive board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Colorado Chapter. He also stays active in his field as an author and presenter of his field and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Economist. Formerly, he has held positions as an associate professor of finance at the University of Utah, a visiting associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago, and a visiting professor of economics at Princeton University. He currently serves as a provost professor of finance at a large university in Colorado.

This highly-qualified expert specializes in the field of mergers and acquisitions. He earned his BS from Colgate University, his JD from Cornell Law School, and his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He began his career as an attorney practicing mergers and acquisitions law in New York with White & Case. He then went on to begin his investment banking career, where he was involved in over 60 mergers or acquisitions with a combined market value of over $1 billion. He then became president of a nationally recognized middle market mergers & acquisitions firm with 14 offices around the country. After almost seven years growing that company, he left to co-found an M&A firm that was quickly recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the Top Investment Banking firms in Chicago. He is currently a founder and partner of a national mergers and acquisitions firm and the founder and partner of an advisory that focuses exclusively on companies in the sports, fitness and leisure industry. He is also the co-founder of an exit planning institute, a leading provider of education, training and resources for business advisors committed to the field of exit planning.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in financial trading. He received his BS in business administration from the University of North Dakota and his MBA from Harvard University. He is a CPA and currently holds 8 patents for automated trading in an electronic exchange. Formerly, he served as an investment analyst and portfolio manager at Institutional Capital Corporation and a trader and designated primary market manager for the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Subsequently, he started four successful trading and software start-ups generating over $50 million for shareholders. Currently, this expert is the CEO and owner of a software trading platform in Illinois.

This highly-qualified securities expert has over 30 years of experience in equity securities and trading. He earned his BA from Saint Lawrence University and holds the Series 7, 9, 10, 24, 55, 63, & 99 licenses. He has held a number of distinguished roles, including the head of global equity sales at ABN AMRO, the CEO and COO of Harborside Securities, and the head of equities at Fidelity Capital Market Services. He has supervised and managed large and diverse sales and trading operations, and has a deep understanding of market structure, electronic trading, and alternative trading systems. Prior to his current position as the managing partner of a securities consulting firm, this expert served as both the chief operating officer and the chief compliance officer for Open Door Securities.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in financial planning and advising. He received his BS from Virginia Tech. Currently, this expert is a certified financial planner and an accredited investment fiduciary. This expert has completed the series 65, series 7, and series 63 through the National Association of Securities Dealers. Previously, this expert served as a financial advisor for The Guardian, John Hancock, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch. Today, he is the CEO of a family financial planning office in Georgia. Additionally, this expert has authored a financial planning book.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of investment banking and leveraged finance, specializing in arranging debt financing primarily for leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations and rescue financings. He earned his BS in computer science from Columbia University and his MBA in finance and international business from the University of Chicago, and holds FINRA Series 79, 82, and 63 licenses. He began his career as an associate in the asset-based finance group at Citicorp Securities. Since then, he he served as the managing director at Credit Suisse Securities, Carolina Financial Securities, and ASGARD Securities, where he was also the co-head of the advisory group. Currently, this expert is the managing partner of a middle market investment banking firm in New York.

This expert has over 15 years of experience in financial services, consulting with Financial Advisors, Registered Investment Advisors, and Broker-Dealers.

This expert has over 25 years of experience in the securities industry as an accounting and compliance specialist. Industry experience with broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, hedge funds,regulation, compliance, accounting, and information technology. He has been FINRA registered since 1984 and is also a licensed Financial and Operations Principal. He currently serves as Principal for a financial compliance services firm.

This expert has almost 15 years of experience in the financial services industry with a focus on direct investment and operational due diligence of alternative investments. She received her B.S. in Finance and Accounting. Her focus involves an in-depth inspection of hedge funds and their operations including hedge fund administrators. At PNC Asset Management, she served on the national due diligence unit and was responsible for the selection and monitoring of hedge, fund of hedge fund, and liquid alternative investments in the U.S. and Asia. She currently serves as Managing Director of an alternative investment consulting firm that, among other tasks, focuses on thorough investment and operational due diligence and risk assessment.

This highly qualified expert is the owner of an independent commercial and investment real estate practice. His firm specializes in land acquisition for development and investment; retail, office and industrial site selection; tenant representation; and investment acquisition and counseling. This expert has extensive real estate ethics experience. From 2001 to 2007, he served as the President of the Nevada Real Estate Commission. Appointed by Nevada’s Governor, the five-member commission conducts disciplinary hearings, approves all real estate education courses, advises the Nevada Real Estate Division and adopts regulations governing the activities of Nevada’s approximately 25,000 real estate licensees. This expert also has significant national real estate experience. He served for 18 years as a member of the Board of Directors for the CCIM Institute, a 20,000-member organization which awards the Certified Commerical Investment Member designation. This expert has extensive expert witness and trial experience. He earned his BA at the University of Southern California.

This highly qualified financial expert has 30+ years of professional experience at leading firms. Currently he is a Prinicipal at R. G. Quintero & Co. and a Managing Director at Chartered Capital Advisers. Previously he, was an investment banker at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., an insolvency and restructuring advisor at Zolfo, Cooper & Co, and also started and ran the first valuation practice of KPMG. This expert has performed 1000+ valuations of business, financial instruments, intangible assets, and other assets and liabilities and he has testified as an expert witness on more than 60 occasions in courts throughout the U.S. He is a member several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. This expert has numerous certifications. He has ten professional licenses including CPA and CFA. He earned his MS in Accountancy and an APC in Investment Management at New York University.

This highly qualified expert is Chief Investment Officer and founder of a corporation specializing in capital management. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm's investment process and is focused on the strategic direction as well. Recognized for his expertise, he is frequently asked to speak on topics such as investment policy, portfolio management, and the risk characteristics of Real Asset investing. He is a regular contributor to Bloomberg's Market Sense program and Money Moves with Deirdre Bolton. This expert has published widely on international economic and finance topics and is author of a Handbook for Infrastructure Investing, which is recommended by the CFA Institute and is a best seller. He is a professor at a business school University teaching Real Asset Investing, and remains one of the world's most provocative and respected financial analysts. His funds and separate account strategies have won numerous awards for performance in the real assets category. His current research focuses on empirical issues in investment management and corporate governance. His academic work has been published in top academic journals such as the CFA Institute, EDHEC Risk Institute and leading think tanks like the Inter American Dialogue. His research has been published by some of the leading industry trade journals including Institutional Investor Journal, Investments and Pensions Europe, Infrastructure Journal, Pensions and Investments Publications, and Investment Management Consultants Association. His research has also been covered in major newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Financial Times and The Globe and Mail. Private Asset Management Magazine named Capital Innovations as one of the Best Money Managers for Long-Term Performance." He has extensive experience with managing the economics of MLPs, having devoted 58% of his portfolio to this segmented industry.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in every area of investment banking, including Mergers and Acquisitions (including LBOS and recapitalizations), Fairness Opinions, Adequacy Opinions, Solvency Opinions, Valuations, Damage Issues, Fiduciary Issues, Advice to Special Committees of Boards and Trustees, Due Diligence and Disclosure Issues, Financing of debt and equity both public and private, Leasing and Real Estate Financing, and many other areas. He graduated with honors in economics from Princeton University, followed by graduating at the top of his class in the MBA program at New York University (NYU) Business School. Until 1990, this expert served as an investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., one of the most prominent American investment banks of the twentieth Century. Joining the firm as an associate, he became a Vice-President, then Senior Vice-President, and was elected Managing Director in 1982. In November 1990, he resigned from Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. to pursue a new business opportunity. From October 1993 through February 1995, he served as President and CEO of Gulf USA Corporation, shepherding it through a reorganization process, and as a Director of Gulf Resources Pacific in New Zealand, a 90% owned subsidiary and one of the largest commercial real estate companies in New Zealand. He also served as an advisor to certain corporate finance departments of medium-size investment banks, including Gruntal Capital Markets. In addition, he served on certain boards of directors. This expert is currently a Senior Director at a boutique investment bank with both U.S. and foreign clients.

This expert has over 20 years of experience in advising asset managers of all sizes and complexities across fund and investment adviser formation, securities, corporate, regulatory, fund marketing, fund operations, investor due diligence, compliance and best practices front to back office infrastructure including legal negotiations and operational set up with various trading counter-parties and service providers such as fund administrators, prime brokers. He received his B.S. and Master's Degrees at Pace University in addition to a J.D. from Quinnipiac University. His extensive experience in fund management includes working at both Nikko Alternative Asset Management and CooperNeff Advisors where he was part of the executive business management team and Chief Legal Officer with roles and responsibilities across multi-strategy platforms and the due diligence of managers and related service providers. He also co-founded Anchor Risk Advisors, a hedge fund trading in catastrophic weather linked fixed income instruments, where he managed enterprise matters including funds and managed accounts. He currently serves as Managing Partner for a legal and business development consulting firm for asset management firms.

This expert has over 30 years of experiences with securities, investments, and insurance at the financial advisor, supervisory, and managing principal level. He has his producer's license in life, accident, and health insurance, is a certified financial planner, a chartered financial consultant, and a chartered life underwriter. He is also a member of numerous prestigious organizations in the insurance and financial services fields. This expert is is a former agency manager at John Hancock Financial Services, former managing principal at Waddell and Reed and a former Adjunct Professor in the department of finance at the University of Connecticut. He is currently an adjunct professor in financial management at a top university and the founder/consultant at a securities, insurance, and financial services expert witness and litigation consulting firm.

This expert has more than 20 years of experience as a retail executive (Senior VP, Executive VP, Merchandise VP, and President) with Macy's, Bloomingdales, the U.S. division of a major dutch retailer Steinbach, and more. He has also spent 18 years as a financial advisor, equity analyst, and investment banker. He earned a BS in Retail Management/Marketing from Drexel University and has authored multiple publications in the retail finance space.