Biography
"Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else does while thinking differently" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry **********************************************************************************************
"... There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its outcome, than to take the lead in introducing a new order of things..." - Ziad Abdelnour, Entrepreneur and Wall Street Financier **********************************************************************************************
"The right [investing or monetizing] perspective changes everything!" - Qui Vuong
INTRODUCTORY BIO:
As founder and CIO of MAI Capital Management Partners, Qui Vuong offers 24 years of experience in the areas of portfolio management, investment strategy, manager evaluation, risk reduction, and return enhancement. He spent his entire professional career working in various capacities in the investment management industry, as a portfolio manager, private investor, financial advisor, small business entrepreneur, institutional investment fiduciary, community volunteer/activist, and industry advocate.
Mr. Vuong graduated from the Engineering Systems & Management Science program at Princeton. Today, he serves as a Governor on the Board of The Asian-American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P), a Class of 1984 volunteer, and as a member of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations task force.
Mr. Vuong earned practical experience from extensive cross-training in commercial hedging, portfolio risk management, derivatives trading, and portfolio construction while working at Procter & Gamble, Thomson McKinnon Securities, and Legg Mason.
In 1998, Mr. Vuong was appointed by Houston Mayor Lee Brown to serve as trustee and investment committee member on the Board of Trustees of the Houston Police Officers’ Pension System, a $2.5 Billion public pension fund with a diversified investment portfolio. Mr. Vuong also served as the elected chairman of the Asian American Coalition from 1996-1998. Since 2000, Mr. Vuong serves as the Chairman of the National Association of Investment Fiduciaries, a private, not-for-profit peer association and advocacy group focusing on advanced investment fiduciary education and promoting best practices in institutional investment management.
Mr. Vuong also served on the founding advisory board of the CAIA association, the sponsoring body for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation. Recognized globally as "the global mark of distinction in alternative investing", 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.
Iin 2008, Mr. Vuong was appointed by Houston Mayor Bill White to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Houston Area Water Corporation.
Mr. Vuong regularly appears as a speaker, moderator, and panelist at leading institutional investment conferences held in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia.
MORE ABOUT ME:
I am a proponent of "Absolute Return" investing, and an "early adopter" facilitator with broad operational and technical experience in all phases of the investment management process.
I counsel accredited investors on alternative investment strategy: on building high performance portfolios through thinking differently, and on getting the most out of investing for "absolute returns." I also help fellow entrepreneurs and investment managers attain true balance, diversification, and meaning in their own wealth building/management endeavors.
I work with leading experts, but always stray outside of my comfort zone to access fresh inspiration and undiscovered solutions that might have emerged suddenly while I was sleeping, accelerating "What If's" into "What's Next."
My career has been dedicated toward exploring new and forbidden horizons, asking unpopular questions in order to expose what works, what makes sense, and originating alternative win-win solutions that best serve the best interests of my private clients and the public constituencies whom I represent.
I possess broad understanding, direct experience, and crossover training from the many hats I wear representing buy side and sell side interests throughout my professional career. I have learned from many mentors - successful practitioners and specialists - in many areas: capital markets, discretionary and proprietary trading, portfolio hedging and global risk management, enlightened wealth creation/preservation, investor education, fiduciary empowerment, and best practices advocacy.
I am interested in "investing early" in emerging managers, undiscovered niche markets, special situations, and compelling technology crossover startups within the financial services industry.
I always look for ways to collaborate with fellow angel investors and visionary venture capitalists to help entrepreneurs build new business enterprises that help people improve the quality of their own lives, while changing the world for the better.
MY SPECIALTIES:
- Incubating/investing in/commercializing great business ideas or sound alternative investment management strategies through collaboration with others.
- Offering unique skills and capacities: strategic consulting, building high performance portfolios, sourcing new and undiscovered investment returns, hedging, creating alternative portfolio income during challenging tim