Thomas J. Ray is a founding member of Inflective Asset Management and has been President and Chief Investment Officer since its inception in May 2001.  From April 1991 to May 2001, Mr. Ray held a number of positions with Transamerica Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of Aegon N.V.  During this period, he was Vice-President and Portfolio Manager, a securities analyst and portfolio manager for various public and private fixed income and equity portfolios.  Mr. Ray co-managed the Transamerica Premier High-Yield Bond Fund from 1999 through his departure in 2001.  He has been a convertible portfolio manager since 1997.  Mr. Ray earned a BBA in Finance and Investment Banking in 1989 and a MS in Finance in 1990 from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Mr. Ray holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation with the CFA Institute.

Royce Weisenberger has been a securities analyst with Inflective Asset Management since May of 2001.  Prior to joining the team, Mr. Weisenberger worked at Transamerica Investment Management and Capital Research & Management Company in various research and analytical positions.  Mr. Weisenberger received a BS in Finance and Accounting from the University of Arizona in 1996.  Mr. Weisenberger holds a CFA designation with the CFA Institute.

Brian J. Kim has been a securities analyst at Inflective Asset Management since August 2001.  Prior to joining the team, Mr. Kim worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Deloitte and Touche LLP providing economic consulting and valuation services.  Mr. Kim received a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1997 and holds a CFA designation with the CFA Institute.

Stephen T. Pena has been a research associate with Inflective Asset Management since June of 2002.  Prior to joining the team, Mr. Pena worked at PIMCO as a trading assistant.  Mr. Pena received a BS in Economics with Financial Applications from Southern Methodist University in 2000.

David C. Van Blerkom  joined Inflective Asset Management in October 2005 as Director of Marketing.  He also contributes to portfolio construction and hedging strategies. Mr. Van Blerkom performed similar functions at Descartes Capital, LLC during May and June 2005.  From 1989 to 2005, Mr. Van Blerkom was at Goldman Sachs & Co. managing the Goldman Sachs Convertibles Department western region from 1994 to 2005.  Mr. Van Blerkom earned a BS in Management from Brigham Young University and an MBA in Finance from the Anderson School atUCLA.

Kent E. Galli joined Inflective Asset Management as the Controller in October 2005.  Mr. Galli has 9 years of operational and management experience in the financial services industry.  Prior to joining the team, Mr. Galli worked at Bisys-RK Alternative Investment Services providing a wide variety of consulting and backoffice services to the hedge fund and private equity industries. Mr. Galli received a BA in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Mr. Galli is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the California Society of CPA’s.

Analuisa Contreras has been at Inflective Asset Management since March 2008.  Prior to joining the team, Ms. Contreras worked for Americawide Lending as Senior Loan Processor and operations assistant.  Ms. Contreras received a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Marketing from California State University of Long Beach in 2006. 

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