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Houston Area Water Corporation (HAWC) |
Houston, Texas |
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Member of the Board of Directors |
10/2008 - Present |
No resource is more essential to our health, our food supply, our environment, and our economic well-being than water. As the scope and complexity of water protection programs increases, so does the demand for improved water resource management.
The Houston Area Water Corporation (HAWC) is a local, not-for-profit governmental corporation created by the City of Houston to provide the oversight, management and implementation of integrated solutions that meet or exceed environmental, economic, and sociopolitical requirements with respect to its water rights and assets.
As a director of the HAWC, it is my honor to serve and contribute whatever business experience and specialized knowledge to develop specific, integrated solutions that meet HAWC's regulations and business goals, in addition to leveraging our city's well-established relationships with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies that help us provide cost-effective integrated resolutions that benefit all stakeholders.
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MAI Capital Management Partners, LLC |
Houston, TX |
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Founder and Managing Partner |
6/2005 - Present |
- Driving business vision and focusing on providing specialized investment advisory services and strategic consulting to select institutional clients and high net worth accredited investors.
- Accelerating beta testing schedules for institutional mandates. Completing market research activities and finalizing product line.
- Licensing intellectual properties and building out a global distribution network of strategic partners to "private label" existing capital management capacity applying MAI absolute return alternative investment strategies incubated to date.
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Asian-American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P) |
Princeton, NJ |
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Governor and Volunteer |
4/2003 - Present |
- Contributing both as a volunteer and governing member of a non-profit alumni association which is dedicated to serving recognized needs, advancing critical issues, and fostering personal interaction, resources sharing, and networking among Asian and Asian-American Alumni of Princeton University.
- Serving on Nominations, Reunions Event Planning, and Website Development & Maintenance committees.
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Princeton Prize for Race Relations |
Princeton, NJ |
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Member of Volunteer Task Force |
11/2003 - Present |
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In order to recognize, support, and encourage the young people of our country who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the cause of relations among the races, Princeton University is sponsoring an awards program for high school students -- the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Princeton and its alumni recognize that the issue of race relations continues to be one of the most urgent and important challenges facing our country. We have created this program to identify and commend young people who are working to increase understanding and mutual respect among all races. Through the Princeton Prize, we hope to encourage others to join in these or similar efforts and to undertake initiatives of their own.
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National Association of Investment Fiduciaries (NAIF) |
Houston, TX |
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Co-Founding Member & Chairman |
4/2000 - Present |
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- The National Association of Investment Fiduciaries (NAIF) is an private, qualifying membership association organized by a group of dedicated and concerned investment fiduciaries. The activist mission is to establish a private forum for leading institutional investment fiduciaries to empower one another through advanced investment management education, cost effective information and resource sharing, and centralized advocacy for industry best practices, in the spirit of volunteerism. NAIF’s comprehensive global education platform facilitates direct peer interaction among individual members from diverse backgrounds, helping everyone involved get the most out of performing their fiduciary duties in investing the funds entrusted to them by their respective constituents.
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ProfitEX Advisors, Ltd |
Houston, TX |
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GP-Chief Incubation Strategist |
7/1992 - Present |
- Incubated alternative solutions to traditional investment strategies, by seeding and stress testing alternative absolute return mechanisms using standardized, exchange listed futures and options.
- My goals include: achieve asymmetric return profiles, control downside risk, and provide a performance hedge against challenging investing environments for both traditional and alternative strategies, similar to the present scenario, perpetuated by declining investment return expectations.
- Conceived the Multidimentional Alpha Integration (MAI) alternative investing approach: A complete suite of alternative income strategies that provide portfolio return stabilization in any investment climate, market phase, or economic cycle.
- Non-directional income harvesting strategies beta testing were completed (1993-1996)
- Bi-Directional hedging strategies beta testing was completed (1996-1998)
- Directional trading stategies beta testing was completed (1999-2003).
- Since 2001, assembled a team of 8 associates with 120+ years of combined trading experience (as former option market makers, floor traders and exchange members) to build an evolving electronic technology platform that integrates complex trade execution, information processing, redundant opportunity scanning, continuous portfolio monitoring and analysis, risk control and customized reporting, all in real time.
-Original five-year beta testing time table (2001-2006) could be accelerated due to investor demand and favorable market conditions.
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Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® |
Amherst, MA |
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Founding Advisory Board Member |
2/2002 - 2/2004 |
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- The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association® is an independent, not-for-profit global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. Founded in 2002, the Association is the sponsoring body for the CAIA designation. Recognized globally as "the global mark of distinction in alternative investments", the designation certifies one’s mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding alternative investments and promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct.
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Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) |
Houston, TX |
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Co-founder of Houston Chapter |
6/1992 - 5/2002 |
YEO is a global community that enriches members' lives through dynamic peer-to-peer learning and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
YEO’s strategic vision: To build the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. YEO’s strategic mission: To engage leading entrepreneurs to learn and grow.
YEO’s Core Values: (1) Boldly Go!—Bet on your own abilities; (2) Thirst for Learning-Be a student of opportunity; (3) Make a Mark—Leave a legacy; (4) Trust and Respect—Build a safe haven for learning and growth; and (5) Cool—Create, seek out and celebrate once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
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Houston Police Officers' Pension System (HPOPS) |
Houston, TX |
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Trustee-Mayor's Representative |
1/1998 - 6/2000 |
- Served as Mayor's political appointee, and representative on Board of Trustees.
- Served as Member of: Investment, Benefits, Ethics Committees, etc.
- Oversaw the Investment Management of a $2.5 Billion diversified portfolio of the 5th largest public pension fund and largest municipal fund in Texas.
- Jointly approved overall asset allocation guidelines as recommended by investment staff, and jointly monitored portfolio re-balancing activities.
- Accompanied investment staff members in conducting manager interviews and due diligence site visits, and voted on various allocations to qualified investment managers after due joint deliberation.
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Vuong & Company, LLC |
Houston, TX |
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Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO |
4/1995 - 12/2000 |
(Diversified Financial Services Holding Company)
- Operating broker-dealer subsidiary (Omni)
- Operating asset management subsidiary (VAMCO)
- Largest voting shareholder with ability to influence super majority control.
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Vuong Asset Management Company, LLC |
Houston, TX |
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Co-Founding Partner & CIO |
4/1995 - 12/2000 |
(SEC Registered Investment Advisor)
- Served as Chief Investment Officer and Co-Portfolio Manager.
- Managed separate account mandates, and two private investment partnerships (Hedge Funds): FSCAPF, LP and DEEF, LP.
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Omni Financial Group, LLC |
Houston, TX |
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Co-Founder & Managing Director |
4/1995 - 12/2000 |
(NASD Broker/Dealer, member SIPC, MSRP)
- All securities and commodities transactions cleared through Chicago Corporation, and ABN Amro.
- Served in the capacity of Registered Securities and Senior Options Principal.
- Securities licenses held: Series 3, 4, 7, 24, 63.
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Premier Capital Management & Consulting Group, Inc. |
Houston, TX |
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Founder & Managing Director |
6/1992 - 6/1995 |
- Formed a venture capital and private equity investing vehicle for private clients and accredited investors to invest funds generated from traditional investment portfolios of stocks and bonds.
- Consulted on high performance portfolio construction by embedding private equity, venture capital, and proprietary trading.
- Performed tactical asset allocation exercises and portfolio rebalancing services.
- Began building auditable track records for non-traditional investment management and portable alpha overlays.
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Legg Mason, Inc. |
Baltimore, MD |
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Director of Investor Education |
6/1989 - 6/1992 |
- Specialties: Options & Futures Trading, and Commercial Hedging.
- Securities licenses held: 3, 6, 7, 63.
- Conducted commodities futures and options trading through Howard, Weil, Labouisse, & Friedrichs subsidiary of the company.
- Earned extensive experience in investment research, portfolio management, asset gathering, and investor education.
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Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. |
New York, NY |
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Vice President - Investments |
6/1986 - 6/1989 |
- Specialties: Options & Futures Trading, and Commercial Hedging.
- Securities Licenses: Series 3, 6, 7, 63.
- Trained directly under Senior Vice President and Regional Manager
- Managed over $100 million in discretionary trading accounts for private investors and corporate retirement funds, and advised over $250 million in assets under management.
- Earned extensive experience in trading, investment banking, asset gathering, and portfolio management.
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Procter & Gamble Company |
Cincinnati, OH |
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Management Trainee /Apprentice |
6/1984 - 6/1986 |
- Was recruited out of school to enroll in the company's Executive Development and Management Training Program.
- Completed Summer Internships leading to Senior Thesis entitled "Quantitative Methods in Test Marketing New Consumer Products."
- Received extensive and accelerated training in salient aspects of test marketing, introducing and building brand recognition for new consumer products within the food and beverage divisions.
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Education
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Princeton University |
Princeton, New Jersey |
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Bachelor's Degree |
06/84 |
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Operations Research & Financial Engineering Program
(Department Of Civil Engineering) |
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