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David Blitzeris the chairman of the S&P 500 Index Committee and a member of Standard & Poor's Investment Policy Committee and Economic Forecast Council. He previously served as corporate economist at McGraw-Hill and as senior economic analyst with National Economic Research Associates. Blitzer is often quoted in the national business press and is the author of Outpacing the Pros: Using Indices to Beat Wall Street's Savviest Money Managers, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
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Michael Dellapa is the director of Investment Research at Rydex Investments, where he is a portfolio manager for the Biotechnology, Healthcare, Consumer Products and Russell 2000 Advantage Funds. Before joining Rydex, Dellapa worked as an equity research analyst at Invista Capital Management. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Kelly Haughton serves as the strategic director for Russell indexes. As the leader of the development of Russell's family of U.S. equity indexes , Haughton developed float adjustment and style methodologies that have become industry standards. He is the principal spokesman for the Russell indexes, and chief internet strategist for Russell. Haughton moved to his current role after 12 years of heading Russell's client service programs for U.S. institutional investors.
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Matthew Hougan is assistant editor of the Journal of Indexes, editor of IndexUniverse.com and a contributing writer for the Exchange-Traded Funds Report and Financial Advisor magazine. Prior to joining JoI, Matt directed the internal communications effort at Genzyme Corporation, and worked as a biotech analyst and journalist for the award-winning financial Web site MetaMarkets.com. Hougan, a 1998 graduate of Bowdoin College, lives on the coast of Maine. |
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Paul Lenz is a portfolio manager at Rydex Investments, where he co-manages the Rydex Nova, Energy, Energy Services and Utilities funds. He is also responsible for the development of quantitative stock selection models. Prior to joining Rydex, Paul spent six years as a quantitative manager at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master's degree in economics from the University of Oregon. |
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Robert Waid is the head of Wilshire Research for the Dow Jones Wilshire Index family. He also oversees Wilshire's Database Systems Group, and has been responsible for or involved with the (now-named) Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 for 23 years. Waid's prior responsibilities included overseeing Wilshire's Proprietary Investment department and Proprietary Research, where he was responsible for the management of domestic long/short programs. |
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