General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 14, 2000

Donald Reid – Lotsoff Capital Management

JOSEPH N. PAPPO is Director of Equity Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager of Lotsoff Capital Management. He is responsible for stock selection, operations, systems and trading. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pappo co-owned and managed GNP Options, a successful equity options trading partnership that employed sophisticated arbitrage strategies using theoretical valuation models. He also founded the Eden Financial Corporation that was integrated into Weiss, Peck & Greer as their Quantitative Equity Division. Mr. Pappo earned a BA and an MA from Northwestern University. Profile
DONALD W. REID, PhD, is Director of Research and Portfolio Manager of Lotsoff Capital Management. He is responsible for quantitative stock analysis, portfolio construction, research and development of new products and product improvements. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Reid had similar responsibilities as Director of Quantitative Equity Research at Weiss, Peck & Greer, and as Director of Research and Development for Eden Financial Corporation. He was an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of South Alabama, Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, and Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Reid holds a BS from Auburn University, an MS from the University of Georgia, and a PhD from the University of Kentucky. Before returning to graduate school, he was an accountant with Ernst and Ernst (currently Ernst & Young). Profile
TWST: Gentlemen, would you provide our readers with some background on

your firm and a profile of your clients?

Dr. Reid: Lotsoff Capital Management is a private partnership that was

founded