David co-founded and served as CFO for AdvisorEngine Inc, and now sits on its Board of Directors. In addition, he has 20+ years experience initiating, growing and managing businesses; having served as COO for the Securities Client Management Team at Credit Suisse, as Head of Investor Services and Client Services at Citadel Solutions, as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns in charge of Strategy and Business Development for the Global Clearing Services Division, and as Director of Operations for Precision Plating Company in Chicago.

David serves on the Board for the Northwestern University Wildcat Athletic Venture Enterprise (NU/WAVE) investment fund, as well as numerous former and current portfolio companies.

David graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, a Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University, and a Masters in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Alkesh Gianchandani is the head of Investor Relations for North America for Lombard Odier Investment Managers. Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has more than 50 years of experience managing institutional assets, with over USD 48 billion under management. The LOIM 1798 Alternatives business provides clients with strategies leveraging differentiated, capacity-constrained, focused expertise with the resources of a global investment firm. The portfolio managers benefit from the robust infrastructure, support, and collaborative environment provided by the 1798 Alternatives business, while managing their differentiated strategies in an autonomous manner. The 1798 strategies of LOIM aim to provide a source of solutions with varied risk/return profiles dependent on the needs of the investor.



Prior to LOIM, Alkesh was a Senior Member of the Institutional Sales team and a Lead Product Expert in the Hedge Fund and Alternative Risk Premia business at Deutsche Bank. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Alkesh held senior marketing roles at private equity and hedge funds, focusing on distribution efforts exclusively to Institutional Investors. Alkesh started his Alternatives career by building out the hedge fund business at RiskMetrics Group (now MSCI) and spearheading the work on the HedgePlatform risk transparency reporting services. After RiskMetrics, Alkesh headed up Institutional Sales at Robeco Asset Management and Monsoon Capital. Alkesh is a graduate of New York University (MBA) and Lehigh University (BS).

Alternative Investment Industry Audit Partner with deep expertise serving clients and specializing in the financial services industry. Over 25 years serving investment management entities having served with big four and large national accounting firms.Have led and served as an advisory and assurance services practitioner for investment management entities such as hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, mutual funds, fund of funds, collateral debt obligation funds, foreign currency,structured products, mortgage-backed assets trading and securitization companies. Particularly consummate with newly formed partnership exemption rules under Section 3C(1) and 3C(7) of Investment Companies Act of 1940, as well as other formation and accounting issues of investment partnerships - portfolio warehousing interest, capital calls, compensation interest, transaction structuring of foreign portfolios through blocker entities and setting up of complex incentive fee calculations.

Have a deep understanding of esoteric instruments such as asset based debt, mortgage based securities, distressed debt instruments, private equity/debt investments, venture capital investments, etc. Have served alternative investment clients ranging from startups to $25 Billion AUM with a strong understanding of client reporting, compliance monitoring, management and incentive fees, investor capital transactions, portfolio valuation, performance measurement, and trade reconciliation. Highly adept with SEC examinations of auditors work papers. Experience serving hedge funds provides me with a deep knowledge of investment strategies and valuation methodologies, due diligence, and general and operational evaluations.

Am a frequent speaker at industry events on topics such as FAS 157, Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), and asset-backed lending and am also a key resource to a number of illustrious, trade and industry publications.

Larry is a co-founder of SkyView Investment advisors and his career spanned a number of milestones within the financial industry.At Riverview Investment Advisors, Larry focused on manager research and helped grow assets under management in excess of $2 billion internationally. He also served as a risk manager for BPV Capital as AUM grew from under $200m to over $2 billion.Larry's career at Soros Fund Management spanned over 16 years where he built the performance and risk analytics group. He also expanded the outside manager (i.e. satellite) network to over $4 billion. While at Soros assets under management grew from under $400 million to over $25 billion.While at Drexel Burnham, Larry was a member of the Los Angeles based High Yield & Convertible Bond Group headed by Michael Milken. Larry frequently speaks and contributes to various venues within the alternative asset industry. He has met with hundreds of managers during his career. He is an active community member and devotes his time to expanding access to the arts.