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Michael Bykhovsky
President |
Mr. Bykhovsky started FIS Applied Analytics (formerly AFT) in early 1996 and is currently President and CEO.
Prior to starting his own company, he worked at Fisher, Francis,
Trees & Watts
as Director of Portfolio Technology and developed a complete
fixed-income analytical system for the company. He joined
FFTW after two years at Hyperion Capital Management where
he was a Vice President in charge of Quantitative Research.
There he headed a team that developed a wide range of analytical
systems that focused on mortgages and mortgage derivatives
and the risks imbedded in them as well as other interest
rate sensitive instruments.
Before moving to Hyperion Capital Management, Mr. Bykhovsky
headed a risk control group at ABN-AMRO, and prior to that
he was a Vice President in the Mortgage Research Group at
Prudential Securities.
Michael holds a B.S. in Physics from Columbia University
and a M.S. in Physics from the University of California at
Los Angeles. He then pursued his Ph.D. in Physics at CERN
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Kyle G. Lundstedt
Managing Director |
Kyle Lundstedt is the Managing Director of FIS Applied Analytics. He
joined the firm in December 2007 to help manage the evolving business,
and leverage the ability to combine FIS loan data, property information,
and proprietary analytics in a host of valuable new ways. He coordinates
the business development, sales, client service, and research efforts, as
well as leads the integration of Applied Analytics with its new parent
company, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS).
Kyle worked for Andrew Davidson & Co. (ADCo) as the Director of
Credit Modeling, and led the development of the LoanDynamics™
Model. He continued a strong track record of designing, developing, and
validating behavioral models for the nation’s largest financial institutions.
A member of the ADCo management team, he also applied his mortgage
modeling expertise in product development and consulting roles.
Prior to joining ADCo, Kyle was Managing Director and co-founder of
VaRisk, a firm that builds customized valuation and risk management tools
for financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and Silicon Valley Bank. He
also was Vice President of Analytics for LoanPerformance, responsible for
developing and managing the firm’s predictive models and databases.
Between his undergraduate and graduate work, he was a Professional Staff
Member for the Banking Committee of the U.S. House of
Representatives. He was involved in the S&L bailout and FHA reform
legislation, and played an important role in the creation of OFHEO, the
regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
He received his B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale
University, and earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration from U.C.
Berkeley. He has spoken at a wide range of industry events, and his
published work has appeared in a large number of industry publications,
academic journals, and books. |
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Junwu Gan, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Development |
Dr. Gan joined FIS Applied Analytics (formerly AFT) in 1996 as Director
of Research and Development. He currently manages the development
and support of all FIS Applied Analytics software
and systems.
Prior to joining FIS, he worked as a Researcher
at the University of California at Berkeley, was a Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver,
Canada and an Instructor at Southeast University in Nanjing,
China.
Junwu holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Bucharest
and a Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University. Dr. Gan has
been published many times and has recently submitted a paper
on his Super Option Model to the Journal of Finance. This model
provides the ability to select a model dynamically depending
on market conditions, express the early exercise premium for
American options, efficiently compute the above, derive universal
boundaries for a one-factor model, and for American Put Stock
Options, calculate the option price and the maximum allowed
strike price in an efficient manner (equal to the CRR Binomial
Tree, typically 100,000 time steps).
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Richard Zhao, Ph.D.
Analyst |
Dr. Zhao joined FIS Applied Analytics as an Analyst in 2004. Prior to joining AFT, Dr.
Zhao was a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology
and a Teaching and Research Assistant at Rutgers University.
Dr. Zhao received his PhD from Rutgers University.
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Jonathon Weiner , Ph.D.
Analyst |
Dr. Weiner joined FIS Applied Analytics
Technology in April of 2005. Previously
Jon was a post-doctoral researcher in astrophysics at the Space
Sciences Laboratory (University of California, Berkeley).
Jonathon earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in physics at the University
of California, Berkeley and a B. S. in mathematics/physics
from Michigan State University.
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Kevin Williams
Executive Vice President, Business Development |
Mr. Williams, Executive Vice President,
Business Development, joined FIS Applied Analytics
in 2003. Prior to FIS Applied Analytics, Kevin worked for the BancWare business
unit of SunGard Trading and Risk Systems and served as Vice
President of Sales. He previously worked for Thomson Financial
Software Solutions and for various SunGard business units. In
his positions at SunGard and Thomson, Kevin held a variety
of roles including: Vice President of Operations and Director
of Development, Sales, Product Management and Client Services.
Kevin also worked at Darling & Associates in Andover,
MA as a Senior Programmer/Analyst and Tenfold Corporation
in Salt Lake City, Utah as Vice President of Sales.
Kevin received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University
of New Hampshire.
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Raj Dosaj
Director of Client Support |
Mr. Dosaj joined FIS Applied Analytics in 2000 as Director of Client Support. He currently manages the support of FIS Applied Analytics clients and prospects and provides oversight for product management.
Prior to joining FIS Applied Analytics, Raj worked
as a senior client support consultant at Capital Management
Sciences, Inc. for eight years.
Raj holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from the University
of California at San Diego and an MBA in Finance from the University
of California at Los Angeles.
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Liz Overson
Vice President, Business Strategy |
Mrs. Overson joined FIS Applied Analytics as Director
of Marketing in 2004. Prior to FIS Applied Analytics Mrs. Overson was Senior Marketing
Manager at Mellon HR and Investor Solutions. She also served
as Senior Conference Manager at The Industry Standard, an
internet economy magazine. Prior to that she held marketing
and event management positions at IDG, The Medical Records
Institute and IQPC. She began her career in a sales role
at CIC Systems.
Liz has a B.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Rhode
Island.
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Colin Shah
Senior Consultant, Client Support |
Mr. Shah joined FIS Applied Analytics as Senior Consultant
of Client Support in 2003. Prior to FIS Applied Analytics Colin worked for
Barra as a Consultant in the Research and Data Group in Berkeley,
California. In his position at Barra, Colin lead in a variety
of areas including: Product Management, Research, Client
Support, and Project Management.
Colin received an MBA degree in Finance and Management Information
Systems from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Sean Begley
Sales Executive |
Mr. Begley joined FIS Applied Analytics as a Sales
Executive in 2006. Prior to FIS Applied Analytics, Sean worked as a
Business Analyst with the Hay Group.
Sean received a B.S. degree in Business Administration
and International Affairs from the University of New Hampshire.
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Gregg Shapiro
Sales Executive |
Mr. Shapiro joined FIS Applied Analytics as a Sales Executive in 2007. Prior to FIS Applied Analytics, Gregg was Director of Sales and Business Development at CMS BondEdge. Gregg also held Financial Analyst Positions at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
Gregg received a B.S.B.A degree in Finance with a dual major in French from Washington University in St. Louis.
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