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Gazebo Team
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Roy K. McDonald
Mr. McDonald is
Chairman/CEO and Portfolio Manager of Gazebo. He has over
twenty-five years experience in a wide range of mathematical
modeling, including developing a factor-analysis based
methodology and adapting traditional risk-hedging alpha-models
to risk-tilting models. In addition, he performed internal
ballistics, hydrodynamics (launch simulation), and external
ballistics modeling for the Dolphin sounding rocket, the
world's first privately funded, designed, engineered,
manufactured and operated space launch vehicle. Mr. McDonald
is also the founding CEO of Connectix Corporation, a
successful PC software and peripherals company whose assets
were recently sold to Microsoft Corporation, following fifteen
years of profitable operations. Prior to Connectix, Mr.
McDonald was corporate CFO of Optrotech Ltd., a profitable
publicly held (NASDAQ) industrial automation firm based in Nes
Ziona, Israel, now a division of Applied Materials. He also
held VP Sales and COO Operations positions at Optrotech's U.S.
subsidiary. Mr. McDonald was cofounder and VP Marketing of the
American Rocket Company, where he also managed the successful
static engine and vehicle launch test programs. He holds an
honors degree in Physics from Harvard College and an M.B.A.
from Stanford University.
Laurie C. Conner
Ms. Conner is
President and Chief Operating Officer of Gazebo. She
joined the Company in 2000 as a founding team member and Vice
President of Marketing and Business Development. Ms. Conner
has over twenty-five years experience in a broad range of
high-technology industries. Prior to joining Gazebo, she held
the position of VP Worldwide Marketing and Sales for New Focus
Corporation, a publicly held manufacturer of optical
networking and other photonics products for telecommunications
and industry (now a division of Bookham Technology). She has
held executive positions at Silicon Valley Group, a leading
semiconductor equipment manufacturer, Crystallume, a synthetic
diamond coating company she helped take public in 1996, and
Raychem, an advanced materials company, now a division of
Tyco. She began her career in the oil business as a Process
Engineer at Exxon's Benicia Refinery. Ms. Conner holds B.S.
and M.S. in Engineering from Duke University and Stanford
University, respectively, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business
School.
Edward E. Jenvey, Ph.D
Architect
Dr. Jenvey has a ¢road theoretical and
empirical background, with more than ten years experience in
financial mathematics and risk analysis. Dr. Jenvey received
his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Stanford University and also
holds Bachelor of Science degrees in both Mathematics and
Physics with highest honors from the University of California
at Davis. His academic work focused on probability and
applications of recurrence in dynamical systems to problems in
combinatorics. Dr. Jenvey's publications include the
following:
- Strong Stationarity and De Finetti's Theorem
- Multi-factor Modeling for Pricing of Bond Options in the
Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework
- Degenerate Parabolic Partial Differential Equations and
Option Pricing Models
- An Introduction to the Mathematics of Option Pricing
Theory
Working in collaboration with Gazebo's CEO,
Roy McDonald, Dr. Jenvey employs modern portfolio theory,
state of the art techniques in computational finance, and
advanced techniques in statistical/mathematical modeling to
create efficient portfolios with a “point of view” –
portfolios that have a risk exposure to a particular investor
issue and limited exposure to other market variables.
Jonathan Seder
Mr. Seder joined
Gazebo in 2003 with extensive experience in financial decision
support systems, and investment and risk analysis. Previously,
he worked at SyntelSoft and Syntelligence as architect and
principal developer of the Underwriting Advisor® and Lending
Advisor® expert system products, commercial software packages
which automate underwriting and account processing for
commercial property and casualty insurance and commercial
banking. This technology, now marketed as Moody's Risk
Advisor™ from Moody's Investor Service, is used by many
international banks. Mr. Seder also worked on analysis and
management of international investments, foreign currency
trading, and a variety of technology-based products at Bank of
America. Mr. Seder holds a BA with honors from Harvard College
and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mario Azevedo
Mr. Azevedo joined
Gazebo in 2001 where he is responsible for developing and
managing the Company's portfolio analytics and database
systems. Prior to joining Gazebo, Mr. Azevedo worked as an
equity trader, the success of which lead to his training and
managing other traders and an office at the Pacific Stock
Exchange. He is a Series 7 licensed broker. Mr. Azevedo holds
a BS in Computer Information Systems from San Francisco State
University with a minor in Finance.
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