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Bringing alpha-centric ESG investment research to the best independent research platform there is.

Long Island, NY

• Independent ESG investment analyst hellbent on uncovering original, actionable insights through a blend of sustainability/ESG expertise, traditional investing experience, and a curiously eclectic data science and.
• Research ESG implications of emergent technology issues like cybersecurity, IoT, and blockchain
• Employ natural language processing to extract ESG data and intelligence from text documents
• Utilize OSINT, deep web, custom crawlers, white hat reconnaissance tools for ESG data discovery
• Mine real-time alternative data streams for signals of material ESG events and to monitor trends
• Process satellite imagery and sensor data to assess emissions, deforestation, land use changes

Hauppauge, NY

• Co-Founder, Board member, and Director of Research of ESG investment research and indexing firm. Developed commercial investment products and contributed to academic curricula in SRI investing (e.g., the Kellogg School.
• Developed SRI/ESG investment research products and and established distribution partnerships
• Engineered fully-integrated ESG and financial models (e.g., forecasts, valuation, asset allocation)
• Identified links between ESG performance and risk, credit quality, cost of capital, equity returns
• Incorporated ESG in M&A consequence analyses; measured impacts of over $60 billion in deals
• Launched family of sustainability and ESG equity indexes with Standard & Poors and Bloomberg

New York, NY

• President of FINRA broker-dealer and research and advisory boutique. Specialized in transaction support (e.g., valuation, due diligence) to institutional investors, creditors, investment banks, and asset owners around.
• Steered firm through start-up, FINRA registration, credentialing (e.g., Series 7/63), and compliance
• Directed firm's research of energy sector investing and finance, M&A and other special situations
• Established popular Rudden Energy Capital Markets Report and Strategic Position Stock Indexes
• Performed financial due diligence for foreign private equity acquisitions of U.S. energy companies
• Advised creditors on major bankruptcies and reorganizations (corporate and project finance debt)

New York, NY

• Institutional Investor and Wall Street Journal All-Star equity analyst. Founder and head of the Global Energy Research Group. Built the research practice from the ground up to include twenty analysts in ten countries.
• Covered utilities, midstream, renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal), and energy technology
• Served clients with diverse investment strategies (value, income, total return, growth, momentum)
• Earned renown for quality of research/writing, multi-method valuations, access to management
• Analyzed energy and utilities high-yield debt and equity-linked convertible and derivative issues
• Led primary and secondary ECM deals (IPOs, follow-ons, private placements, spinoffs, carve-outs)

New York, NY

• Corporate credit analyst for "Big Three" rating agency. Covered electric and gas utilities as well as gas pipelines and midstream. Analyzed senior and subordinated debt, convertible preferred, CLOs, commercial paper.
• Conducted due diligence with issuers and regulators; presided in Ratings Committee meetings
• Articulated ratings and action rationales to issuers, bondholders, regulators, underwriters, media
• Authored articles on Energy Efficiency, Demand-Side Management, Integrated Resource Planning
• Moderated panels for Fitch-hosted CEO conference, presented at EEI, AGA, and other conferences
• Designed and coded systems integrating and automating operating, financial, and credit models