Paul Buckley is a Director at Credit Suisse responsible for the Advanced Execution Services Foreign Exchange (AES FX) sales, marketing and product management in North America. He has over 10 years in the Foreign Exchange markets and trading technology.{br} Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Paul served as Director, FX Prime Services for UBS Investment Bank in the USA, where he was responsible for eCommerce & Prime Brokerage sales. Prior to that, he worked at UBS AG in Zurich, Switzerland where he was

  Christopher Burton, CFA, FRM, Vice President, is a Portfolio Manager and Trader on the Derivatives Team, and a Portfolio Manager for the Total Commodity Return strategy. In this role Mr. Burton is responsible for analyzing and implementing the team's hedging strategies, indexing strategies, and excess return strategies. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2005, Mr. Burton served as an Analyst and Derivatives Strategist with Putnam Investments. Mr. Burton earned a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.

In his role as director of product marketing, Mr. Drennan is responsible for strategic development of Traiana's foreign exchange products - TRM and Harmony. Mr. Drennan has over 10 years of experience in foreign exchange technology with prior experience at Bank of America, where he was responsible for the roll out of new front-office technology, and Sungard where he was a product manager in the Capital Markets group focusing on foreign exchange and money-market systems. 

Mr. DuRie is the principal of Plimsoll Capital and the portfolio manager of Plimsoll’s Headwind Currency Strategy. Mr. DuRie also assists with investor relations and research. He has over 15 years of hedge fund experience, working for two different global-marco hedge funds before founding Plimsoll in 2002. 

 H. Jay Easterling is a principal of Gargoyle’s Investment Advisory Business and heads its marketing and business development operations. He joined the Gargoyle Group of Companies in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. Prior to joining Gargoyle, Mr. Easterling was a general partner of the Charlottesville, Virginia based firm, James River Partners (1999-2002). Like the other Gargoyle principals, he began his trading career as a member of the American Stock Exchange (1993-1997). Earlier, Mr. Easterling held positions in both marketing and finance during a twelve-year career in the IBM Company (1981-1993). He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he was a member of the 1976-1979 football teams.

Chris Jacobson heads Susquehanna’s Market Intelligence team and acts as Chief Options Strategist working with Susquehanna’s institutional clients in helping them to construct options strategies to leverage fundamental stock views. Chris and his team also focus on options education, providing customized on-site options teach-ins for the firm’s clients. Prior to joining the Market Intelligence team, Chris worked on the firm’s institutional research sales desk and before that acted as an equity options market maker on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Chris graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 2001. 

Sang Lee is a co-founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Aite Group, LLC. Mr. Lee's expertise lies in the securities and investments vertical and has advised many global financial institutions, software/hardware vendors, and professional services firms in sell-side and buy-side electronic trading technology, market structure, retail brokerage technology evolution, and wealth management. Mr. Lee has been quoted extensively in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Business Week, Newsday, CBS MarketWatch, and Investor's Business Daily. He has also been quoted in, and written articles for, various trade publications, including Pensions and Investments, Institutional Investor, Crain’s New York Business, Wall Street & Technology, Euromoney, Trading Technology Week, Securities Industry News, Financial News, HedgeWorld, American Banker, Bank Technology News, and The Bond Buyer. Prior to joining Aite Group, Mr. Lee was a founding member of Celent Communications and served as the Manager of the Securities & Investments Group as well as the Operations Group. At Celent, Mr. Lee played a pivotal role in creating and growing one of the leading Securities & Investments practices in the financial services research industry. Prior to Celent, Mr. Lee served as a business strategist for ZEFER, an industry-leading Internet professional services firm in Boston. At ZEFER, Mr. Lee formulated Internet business strategies for Fortune 1000 clients. Mr. Lee also worked for D.E. Shaw Financial Technology, where he was responsible for business development and marketing. At D.E. Shaw, Mr. Lee conducted market research and competitive analysis, as well as spearheading partnership programs. He played an instrumental role in the sale of D.E. Shaw to Merrill Lynch

Michael J. Levas has been in the investment management business for over twenty years and is the founder, chief investment officer and managing member of the Olympian Group of Investment Management Companies. Prior to Olympian, he was a VP and Portfolio Manager in the Private Client Group at Lehman Brothers Inc. Prior to that, he was a VP with SG Cowen, UBS PaineWebber and Bear Stearns where he managed in excess of $250 million in both institutional and retail portfolios.

Mr. Levas is the founder and managing member of Olympian Securities LLC, and is a licensed Series 24 general securities principal, Series 7 general securities representative, and a Series 65, 66 investment adviser representative with (FINRA).

Michael is also the founder and principal of Olympian Futures LLC, an (NFA) registered introducing broker, and a licensed Series 3 associated person. Mr. Levas currently holds the Chartered Portfolio Manager (CPM) designation from the American Academy of Financial Management. Mr. Levas completed investment management studies at Harvard Business School and additionally, Mr.Levas has completed the Hedge Fund Programme at The London Business School. He is a current member of the CFA society of South Florida, Securities Traders Association of Florida, and serves on the 2008/2009 board of directors of The Hedge Fund Association.

Josh Levy has over 18 years of FX-specific experience and has served as an institutional foreign-exchange trader at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) in New York & Tokyo and as Managing Director of the FX Trading division of the SunGard STN Transaction Network (NYSE: SDS). Prior to founding Tactical Asset Management, Mr. Levy co-founded the innovative FX ECN MatchbookFX and was the President of CMC Markets USA which is the world's largest internet dealer in eFX and other derivatives. As a Forex veteran, pioneer in the field of FX e-Trading and highly-regarded expert in the Financial markets, Mr. Levy has been featured in numerous publications and media outlets including the Washington Post, CNBC, Marketwatch.com, USA Today, MSNBC, the International Herald Tribune, and The Wall St Journal for his perspective on the FX markets and e-FX trading.

Jaime Llano is a Senior Equity and Currency trader at Teacher Retirement System at Texas (TRS). Previously, he was responsible for oversight of TRS back office. Prior to that, he worked at Black River Asset Management in Minneapolis. He earned his BBA in Finance from University of Texas at Austin and his MBA at St. Edward’s University in Austin Texas.

James F. Lubin is a Principal and Director of Hyman Beck & Co. Mr. Lubin is responsible for product development, strategic planning, investment strategy and business development. Prior to joining Hyman Beck in July 2003, Mr. Lubin was a Senior Vice President within the Fixed Income Division of Lehman Brothers from 1999, where he was responsible for establishing the foreign exchange business with Alternative Investment Managers. From 1980 to 1999, Mr. Lubin held positions of increasing responsibility with Merrill Lynch. During his tenure with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lubin was employed in the Futures, Foreign Exchange and Alternative Investment divisions. At the time of his departure, Mr. Lubin was managing the Foreign Exchange business with Alternative Investment Managers and was a member of the Investment Committee of MLFIP, the sponsor of Merrill Lynch’s Alternative Investment funds. The Investment Committee was responsible for the selection of the Alternative Investment Managers retained by the entity.

George Marcus has an extensive background in alternative investments with over twenty-five years experience. Throughout his career he has utilized various hedging techniques in portfolio management in the early 1980's. George has had diversified experience as a fund manager and managed money both from a systematic and discretionary standpoint. Prior to acquiring controlling interest in 1994 of the CRT System, Mr. Marcus headed the CRT Systems' Europe trading and product development. As the company’s proprietary Forex trader, his focus was utilizing an array of technical tools. The Nantucket CTA Program and the Nantucket Overlay Program are a direct outcome of years of development and technological upgrades resulting in a completely unique trading concept.

Dr. Muthuswamy holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago, an MS in Statistics from Stanford University, an MBA in Finance from Wharton, and a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics. His research interests are in the pricing of derivatives, asset price equilibrium, financial econometrics, and high-frequency algorithmic trading strategies. Dr. Muthuswamy is currently with Kent State University in Ohio (US) where he is also the Director of the PhD program. He has previously been with Singapore Management University, Griffith University, Duke University, University of Sydney, and National University of Singapore. Dr. Muthuswamy serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Futures Markets, as well as the Review of Futures Markets. Among his many research papers is one co-authored with the late Nobel Laureate Merton Miller on the regulation of high-frequency stock index futures arbitrage, which was published in the Journal of Finance.

Dr. Noma is the founder of Garrett Asset Management, a systematic trading firm that uses technical systems to invest in futures, ETFs, and currencies. Dr. Noma is also a Senior Risk Consultant with Asset alliance. He consults on a variety of financial issues involving portfolio management, hedge fund due diligence, trading systems, risk management, fund of hedge funds, and operational due diligence. Dr. Noma is a member of the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) examination committee within the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He is also a member of the editorial board for The Investment Professional, published by the New York Society of Security Analysts.{br} Prior to founding Garrett Asset Management, Dr. Noma was the portfolio manager for the BTOP50 fund, a diversified portfolio of global macro, commodity, and managed futures programs. He was a member of the Asset Alliance Investment Committee that oversees all fund of funds investments for Asset Alliance. Dr. Noma was also the Chief Risk Officer at Asset Alliance. In that role he was responsible for the risk oversight of Asset Alliance's single- and multi-manager product offerings. {br} Prior to joining Asset Alliance, Dr. Noma was Senior Risk Analyst, Fixed Income Products, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (2000-2003). Earlier in his career, Dr. Noma was Director of Corporate Risk Management overseeing derivative and fixed income products within Deutsche Bank, Americas (1995-1999), and developed fixed income market strategies at, J.P. Morgan Securities (1993-1995). Dr. Noma also spent four years in the psychology faculty at Rutgers University (1983 – 1986) and his research has been published in numerous industry journals and scholarly periodicals.{br} Dr. Noma graduated from Dartmouth College in 1972 with a BA in Mathematics. He received M.A’s in Mathematics and Psychology in 1979 and a Ph.D in Mathematical Psychology in 1982 from The University of Michigan. In 1990, Dr. Noma received an Advanced Professional Certificate in Finance from New York University.

Andy Nybo, Principal and Head of TABB's Derivatives practice, has more than 20 years of experience in research and technology applications in the global capital markets. He has been with TABB Group since August 2006 and currently focuses his research efforts on OTC and listed-equity derivatives markets, examining how technology is playing an increasingly integral role on both buy-side and sell-side desktops.{br} He also serves as lead consultant for derivatives-related consulting assignments and provides counsel to clients on the use of technology on derivatives trading desks. He has managed assignments examining the adoption of electronic trading front-ends for derivatives, smart order routing technology, derivatives market structure and industry market data platforms.

John Person is a thirty-two year veteran of the Futures and Options trading industry. He is an independent trader, a trading system designer and the author of three nationally and internationally popular trading books published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He is also the co-author of the Commodity Traders Almanac series. John helps teach investors how to trade and invest in stocks, futures, options and forex markets. He is the Founder of Nationalfutures.com, an investment advisory service.

Mr. Riad joined FAMCO in 1999 and has 13 years of investment industry experience. He is a member of the portfolio management team and serves as senior portfolio manager for FAMCO’s institutional and hedged large-cap equity strategies, as well as closed-end and open-end funds. Additionally, Mr. Riad has been instrumental in the development of industry leading large scale derivatives strategies. He is actively involved with the Strategy Committee’s macroeconomic assessment and top-down approach to portfolio management. Prior to joining FAMCO, Mr. Riad worked in management for six years at Legg Mason Wood Walker in the Washington D.C. and New York offices. Mr. Riad holds a B.S. in business from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mark Rzepczynski, Ph.D. is the managing partner of Lakewood Partners LLC, a global macro firm focusing on disciplined and systematic investing in global equity, interest rates, commodities, and foreign exchange markets through the application of structured decisions. Previously, Mark was president and chief investment officer for John W. Henry & Co. Mark has served as the quantitative and credit research director in the taxable bond group for Fidelity Management and Research. He has also held positions as a portfolio manager for a Prudential Insurance fixed income subsidiary and a quantitative research analyst for Merrill Lynch. Along with being an economist at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Mark was a professor of finance at the University of Houston. He is currently an editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments, serves on an advisory board for CAIA, and has been a director and member of the executive committee of the Futures Industry Association. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.

Daniel S. Shaffer is President & CEO of Shaffer Asset Management, Inc. He earned the designation of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in May of 1989 and is currently registered as inactive status with New York State. He obtained the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation in October of 1992 from the American College. In June of 1986, he received his Masters of Science Degree in Accounting from New York University. Daniel S. Shaffer also received his Bachelors Degree in Speech Communications from Syracuse University in December of 1982. In January of 1983, Daniel S. Shaffer started his career as a floor trader for his own account on the New York Futures Exchange. From 1983 through 1989, he had been with such firms as Bear Stearns, Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Hambrecht & Quist (now owned by JPMorganChase). In 1989, Daniel S. Shaffer became an independent financial planner and money manager. He has been in the securities industry since 1983. In 2000, he developed money management strategies where he has since managed money utilizing stocks, futures and foreign exchange for individuals, major institutions and for his former hedge fund. In May of 2000, Daniel S. Shaffer joined Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. as a Registered Representative to assist individuals and business organizations attain their financial management goals. In June of 2000, under Shaffer Asset Management, Inc.'s separate capacity as a Registered Investment Adviser, Daniel S. Shaffer developed and introduced the Shaffer Stock Investment Program as an alternative investment to his predicted future of a more challenging stock market, which invests in cash, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Daniel S. Shaffer's technical analysis of the stock, currency and commodity futures markets has been widely recognized by the financial community and the media. He believes in helping others attain his or her financial goals by sharing his wealth of knowledge, research, investment experiences and technical analysis. One of the benefits of working with Daniel S. Shaffer is his ability to provide clear, easily understood explanations of his philosophy, strategies, methodologies and technical analysis techniques. Daniel S. Shaffer is a frequently invited guest lecturer, panel member and workshop/seminar presenter for many Private Organizations and Public Events; and is a frequent guest commentator on national business television networks and is quoted in the press. See Broadcast Media Appearances or Print Media Coverage or Speaking Engagements. Finally, Daniel S. Shaffer is a Featured Commentator on TheStreet.com and can be found in the" RealMoney Section." And he is a Daily Contributor for the website FinanceBanter.com

Dmitri Smolansky is the Managing Member and sole owner of Bleecker Street Capital, LLC - a CTA specializing in relative value global macro investments. Mr. Smolansky started his career in global macro in 1998 as an investment analyst at GM Pension Plan (currently – Promark Global). In 2001 Dmitri became a portfolio manager and from 2001 to 2005 was in charge of all systematic global macro portfolios at GM. In addition to managing GM internal portfolios, Mr. Smolansky oversaw GM allocations to external asset management firms. From May 2005 through June 2007 Mr. Smolansky was managing a systematic global macro portfolio at Tribeca Global Management. From November 2007 until September 2008, Mr. Smolansky managed the Smolansky Fund Limited managed account, which was sponsored by Plinthos LLC as part of Man Founders Incubation program. Prior to starting his career in the investment management business, Mr. Smolansky was an actuarial analyst, developing statistical models for life and health insurance companies. Mr. Smolansky received his Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Illinois in 1994 and his MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 1998. In addition, between 1985 and 1989 Mr. Smolansky completed 3.5 years of coursework towards degree in Electrical Engineering at Kiev Technical Institute, Ukraine.