Thirty years of experience in a variety of institutional investment roles, spanning the alternative investment arena. Consulting experience includes designing alternative investment portfolios for corporate and public pension plans, where manager due diligence led to over $600 million in client investments. Direct trading experience includes commodity swaps and futures; equities, including options and futures; and a long-short equity hedge fund. Teaching, writing and public speaking topics have included hedge funds, private equity, real estate, cryptocurrencies, machine learning, and infrastructure. CFA, FDP, and CAIA charterholder and a member of the CFA Speakers' Bureau. Published eight books, twelve refereed journal articles, and serve on the editorial board of the CFA Digest, Journal of Alternative Investments, and The Journal of Investment Consulting. Selected as a 2010 Hedge Fund Rising Star by Institutional Investor magazine
Specialties: Hedge funds, commodities, real assets, options, futures, derivatives, volatility, portfolio construction, alternative investments, academic research, professor, cryptocurrencies, machine learning, artificial intelligence, alternative data