Sam Masucci is Chief Executive Office and Founder of ETF Managers Group, LLC. Mr. Masucci has more than 25 years’ experience in investment banking, structured product development, sales and trading. In 2014, he founded ETF Managers Group (ETFMG) to revolutionize the exchange traded fund marketplace. His leadership has already led to the successful launch of 14 funds and $7.5B+ in assets. Prior to ETFMG, he has held senior positions at Bear Stearns, UBS, SBC Warburg, and Merrill Lynch and has a proven track record of creating, building and managing businesses for the issuance, sales and trading of ETFs, index products, commodity products, hedge funds, ABS, and OTC structured products in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Masucci has significant experience in asset management product sales to institutional investors including pension funds, consultants, insurance companies and hedge funds as well as to broker/dealer networks and RIAs.
Rezo Kanovich serves as Portfolio Manager of the International Small-Mid Cap strategy at OppenheimerFunds. Previously, Mr. Kanovich served as Research Analyst for the Global Equity strategy. In that role, he covered all sectors and collaborated with all members of the Global Equity Team. He has also covered small- and mid-cap names during his time on Global Equity strategy, both international and domestic. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kanovich worked as an analyst with Boston Biomedical Consultants, an investment banker with the Lehman Brothers Mergers & Acquisitions team, and as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in international economics and finance from Brandeis University and an MBA dual concentration in finance and health care systems from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dave Donabedian, CFA, has been Chief Investment Officer of CIBC Private Wealth Management since 2009. His responsibilities include chairing the Asset Allocation Committee, as well as providing oversight of internal investment strategies and the external manager selection platform. Mr. Donabedian frequently appears on television networks, including CNBC and Bloomberg Television, and provides insights in publications such as Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal. Previously, from 1996 to 2006, he was Managing Director and Chief Economist at CIBC Private Wealth Management, serving on the Asset Allocation, Multi-Manager and Investment Policy Committees and leading the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offices. Earlier, Mr. Donabedian worked at Ashbridge LLC, a Philadelphia-based multifamily office. He is an honors graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA from Columbia University with a concentration in finance.
Travis Briggs is CEO and Partner, U.S. of ROBO Global, LLC. A veteran of the finance and wealth management industry, Mr. Briggs is responsible for managing daily operations and executing the firm’s business strategy. Prior to joining ROBO Global in March 2014, Mr. Briggs served as Managing Director at Smith Group Asset Management in Dallas, where he created and led the firm’s Private Client Group. Before joining Smith Group, Mr. Briggs served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Business Development at Dallas-based hedge fund Discovery Management. Earlier in his career, Mr. Briggs was the Director of Investor Relations at Triton Energy and worked as an analyst at Bank of America.
Hugh Johnson is the Chief Investment Officer, Founder, Partner and a member of the Investment Strategy Committee at Hugh Johnson Advisors. His work on the U.S. economy and financial markets guides the firm’s investment strategy. He joined First Albany Corporation in 1978 after serving as Executive Vice President of Hugh Johnson & Company, Inc. Mr. Johnson has more than 40 years of investment experience.
John Heffern is Founder and Principal at KCA Equity Advisors, LLC. Mr. Heffern’s career spans nearly 30 years of senior-level portfolio management and equity research mandates. He is focused on small/midcap equity investments in publicly traded U.S. financial services companies.
Ingrid Yin is Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at MayTech Global Investments, LLC. Prior to co-founding MayTech, Ms. Yin was the Managing Director of China Equity Research at Oppenheimer & Co. Previously, she led China research as a senior research analyst at Brean Capital, an Asian equity analyst at Wellington Management and a global healthcare specialist at Sirios Capital Management and Jefferies Asset Management. Before her career in finance, Ms. Yin was a research fellow and senior research scientist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is a board member of Gilda’s Club and received a B.S. from Beijing University, an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from SUNY-Stony Brook.
Tony Elavia is Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Mackenzie Financial Corporation, responsible for overseeing the company’s investment management teams and chairing the Global Investment Committee. With 30 years of industry experience, his areas of expertise include managing equity and asset-allocation strategies as well as quantitative modeling. Earlier, he held progressively senior positions, including CIO and CEO at a U.S.-based insurance company subsidiary, and leadership roles at three asset management firms in the U.S. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston and an M.A. in economics from the University of Baroda in India.
Will Rhind is the Founder and CEO of GraniteShares, Inc., an independent exchange-traded fund, or ETF, issuer headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2016, GraniteShares seeks to launch innovative, disruptive ETFs that solve key issues for investors. Prior to GraniteShares, Mr. Rhind served as the CEO of World Gold Trust Services from 2013 to 2016 and a senior executive at ETF Securities from 2007 to 2013. He was also formerly a Principal at iShares and one of the original team members in Europe. Mr. Rhind hails from Aberdeen, Scotland, and is a graduate of the University of Bath in England.
Edward Paul Hemmelgarn is the Founder, President, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, Member and Director at Shaker Investments LLC. His prior professional experience includes mergers and acquisitions, accounting, commercial banking and biochemical research. Prior to founding the firm in 1991, Mr. Hemmelgarn was the Chief Financial Officer of Retail Banking at Ameritrust Corporation. Prior to that, he worked at Ernst & Young, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, and other forms of strategic and financial management consulting. Mr. Hemmelgarn was a member of the advisory board at MCM Capital Partners. He was a CPA charterholder. Mr. Hemmelgarn received a B.A. in chemistry and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
