

Rob Albright, Alternative Strategy Advisers - Mr. Albright is a principal of Alternative Strategy Advisers where he is primarily responsible for portfolio and risk management, client relations and operations oversight. Immediately prior to joining the firm, he was the Chief Investment Officer of EW Blanch Asset Management, an alternative investment business focused on the insurance industry. He joined Blanch after seven years at Cargill Financial Services Corp. (CFSC), a proprietary financial trading operation. In 1998, Mr. Albright managed the North American equity arbitrage desk after returning from London and Geneva where he built and managed CFSC's emerging Europe/Africa equity operations. From 1993-95, he managed the municipal bond arbitrage desk. Mr. Albright joined (CFSC) in 1991 on the equity arbitrage desk, specializing in program trading and convertible bond arbitrage. From 1989-1990, he was an associate in the Boston office of the LEK Partnership, a strategy consulting firm.
Mr. Albright received his BA in
Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and his MS in Computer
Science from the University of Minnesota. He is a Charted Financial Analyst (CFA).
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In addition to his affiliation with the finanical mathematics program, John has taught about financial derivatives for the Carlson School of Management and for various industry programs. John has a BS degree in physics and mathematics from Stanford and an MS degree in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon. John's affiliation with the U of M goes back to the 80's. He was an UMTYMP student and also participated in a mentorship program with the head of the physics department during his high school years. |
Gary Hatfield, Securian - Dr. Hatfield is currently Investment Actuary for Securian Financial Group in St. Paul (the parent company of Minnesota Life Insurance Company). The focus of his work is financial risk management. In addition to work on enterprise risk management, asset liability management, economic value of insurance liabilities and economic capital, he is responsible for oversight and implementation of Minnesota Life's derivatives based hedge programs. He earned his PhD in mathematics from the University of Minnesota, is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and is also a CFA charter holder. Previous to entering the insurance field in 1998, he taught mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. |
Gary Nan Tie, The Travelers Companies, Inc. - Gary Nan Tie is Senior Vice President, Investments, and Managing Director, Financial Risk & ALM, at The Travelers Companies, Inc., a Fortune 500 property casualty company in Saint Paul, MN, providing commercial, specialty, and personal insurance. Previously he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and prior to that held positions at Morgan Stanley, New York and Lockheed, Palo Alto.
He is a reviewer for the American Mathematical Society and serves on
the boards of Twin Cities non-profits. He received his Bachelor's
degree in science with first class honors from Monash University,
Australia, his Master's degree and doctorate in
mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo, and his Master's degree in statistics from
Carnegie Mellon .
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I was Associate Director for Industrial Programs from 1997 to 2001 at the IMA, and later, Deputy Director (2001-2004). During this period, I was IMA's industrial liason and was in charge of the IMA Industrial Postdoctoral program, as well as the Industrial Problems Seminar. I am currently serving as Director of the IMA.
My research interests are in inverse problems, optics, photonics, and optimal design.
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Carlos Tolmasky, Cargill - Carlos Tolmasky is a derivatives trader at Cargill Petroleum. He joined Cargill in 1996 as a member of their Research Group focusing on the development and implementation of derivatives models for fixed income and commodities markets. He later joined the petroleum group as a "desk quant" and, more recently, as a derivatives/relative value trader. The author of various papers in financial journals, Dr. Tolmasky holds an undergraduate degree (Licenciado) from the University of Buenos Aires and a PhD in mathematics from the University of Washington. |