Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 15, 2005
EDWIN J. McGUINN JR. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MRU
Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining MRU, Mr. Mc Guinn was the President and
Chief Executive Officer of eLOT, Inc. (formerly known as Executone,
Inc.), a public company whose primary focus was the development of
consumer e-commerce products and integrated network management systems
for the sale of state and governmental lottery tickets on the Internet.
From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Mc Guinn was involved in the development of
electronic trading systems for fixed income securities and from 1999 to
2000 he was President and CEO of Limitrader.com, the first Internet
based trading platform for new issue and secondary trading of corporate
bonds. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. McGuinn was Senior Managing Director and
head of the equity capital markets and corporate finance for two
investment banking boutiques specializing in consumer services, health
care and technology. Originally he was the Senior Managing Director for
Equity and Equity related sales, research and trading at Mabon
Securities and then orchestrated Rodman and Renshaw's purchase of Mabon
Securities. From 1981 to 1992 Mr. McGuinn was a Managing Director and
member of Lehman Brothers Fixed Income Operating Committee. While at
Lehman Brothers, Mr. McGuinn was responsible for developing Lehman's
global presence in domestic fixed income arbitrage and international
fixed income trading, sales and research. During 1973 to 1981, Mr.
McGuinn was also a Senior Manager with what is now Ernst & Young in the
audit and management consulting divisions. He advised senior client
management and related Board of Directors on strategic planning, risk
management, human resources and hierarchical structure. Mr. McGuinn
received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics from Colgate
University and a Master of Science in Accounting from New York
University. He holds NASD Series 7, 8, and 24 licenses along with a CPA
license from the State of New York. Profile
Mr. McGuinn: The company was founded four years ago by two gentlemen who
had very significant backgrounds in actuarial science
