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Judges
Judges for the MBA Stock Pitch Competition come from the top echelon of the investment industry and thus provide participating teams with an experience that simulates buy/sell-side meetings at prestigious firms. We are grateful to them for bringing their expertise and donating their time for this event.
Matthew Born
Managing Director of Research, Fidelity Management & Research Company
Matthew Born is a managing director of research for Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo.), a division of Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. Mr. Born assumed his current position in May 2008 and is responsible for the small cap division of FMRCo.'s equity division. In this role he manages nine research professionals who in turn support seven portfolio managers running $44 billion in assets.
Mr. Born joined Fidelity in 1992 as a mutual fund service representative for Fidelity Retail Investor Services. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a premium service representative. He left the company in June 1995 to pursue his MBA. In 1996, Mr. Born returned to Fidelity as a summer intern in the high income equity group. From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Born was a research analyst in the high income division and was responsible for covering numerous industries including gaming/lodging, healthcare, cable/satellites and utilities. Mr. Born was also responsible for the high income associate group from 2005 to 2008.
Judah S. Kraushaar, '80
Parker Center Advisory Board
Cayuga Fund Investment Advisor
Managing Partner, Roaring Brook Capital L.P.
Investor and Author
Judah S. Kraushaar is the managing partner of Roaring Brook Capital L.P., a long/short equity investment partnership based in White Plains, New York. He is also co-author (with Sandy Weill) of a recently published book entitled, "The Real Deal-My Life in Business And Philanthropy."
Mr. Kraushaar has enjoyed many years working on Wall Street. From 1989 until 2003, Mr. Kraushaar served as a First Vice President in Merrill Lynch's Equity Research Department. Mr. Kraushaar headed the company's global research team for the financial services industry and specialized in Banks, Broker Dealers, and Asset Management Companies. From 1991 to 2002, he earned top honors in Institutional Investor Magazine's All-America Research Team Survey, Greenwich Research's annual survey of Institutional Investors, and the annual survey of leading analysts conducted by the Wall Street Journal. He has also been cited for his professional accomplishments by Fortune and Bloomberg Magazines. Mr. Kraushaar has been a repeat guest on Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week television program and has frequently appeared on other business television programs as well as having been quoted extensively in the print media.
Mr. Kraushaar began his career as a consultant for Chase Econometrics in 1980. In 1983, he took his first job on Wall Street in the Strategic Planning Department of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets (the firm's investment banking and institutional business). A year later, he moved to Merrill Lynch's Equity Research Department and covered Banks in the southern portion of the US. In 1987, Mr. Kraushaar accepted a position as lead Regional Bank analyst at Morgan Stanley where he worked for two years before being recruited back to Merrill Lynch to head the global financial services team.
Mr. Kraushaar was born on April 9, 1958 and was raised in Northern Virginia. He is an active alumnus of Cornell University where he earned his BA and MBA degrees. He is past president of the Bank & Financial Analysts Association, a professional group composed of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the financial services sector. In addition, Mr. Kraushaar serves on the Executive Committee of The American Jewish Committee, a well known human relations organization which promotes democracy, mutual understanding, and tolerance between people of different faiths and ethnicities. He also serves on the board of trustees for Commentary Magazine. Mr. Kraushaar is a lover of agriculture and markets beef and cut-your-own Christmas trees at his farm in Dutchess County, New York.
Mr. Kraushaar and his wife, Michele, reside in Westchester County, New York with their three children.
Lawrence D. Rakers
Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments
Larry Rakers is a portfolio manager for Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. Mr. Rakers manages and VIP: Balanced Portfolio, Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund and Fidelity Advisor Dividend Growth Fund.
Mr. Rakers joined Fidelity as an equity research analyst in 1993, and followed the restaurant, precious metals and coal industries. Mr. Rakers managed Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio from 1995 to 1997 and managed Fidelity Select Precious Metals and Minerals Portfolio and Fidelity Select Paper and Forest Products Portfolio from 1996 to 1997. He managed Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio, Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio and Fidelity Advisor Natural Resources Fund, and served as sector leader of Fidelity's natural resources equity research group from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Rakers managed Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio and Fidelity Advisor Technology Portfolio from January 2000 and Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio from February 2000 until June 2001. He was also technology sector leader from January 2000 to June 2001. Mr. Rakers also managed Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund from June 2001 until February 2002, when he assumed management responsibility for Fidelity Balanced Fund until 2008. He began managing Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund in 2005 to 2008 and VIP: Balanced Portfolio in June 2005. He also currently manages Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund and Fidelity Advisor Dividend Growth Fund since 2008.
Before joining Fidelity, Mr. Rakers was a project engineer for Loral Corporation in Lexington, Massachusetts, from 1986 to 1993.
Born in 1963, Mr. Rakers received bachelor of science and master of science degrees in metallurgical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1985 and 1987 respectively. He also received an MBA from Northeastern University in 1993.
Kerstin Ramstrom, CFA
Principal, State Street Global Advisors
Kerstin Ramstrom joined SSGA in 2006 as an equity research analyst covering domestic and international financial services industries. Prior to this, she spent five years at Bear Stearns as a sell-side equity research analyst covering both large- and small-cap banks. Before earning her MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University in 2001, she worked at Fidelity Investments in both equity research and marketing. Kerstin has a BA in Mathematics and Physics from Skidmore College (1991) and she is a CFA charter holder.
Thomas Sprague
Retired Portfolio Manager and Investor
Thomas Sprague has been involved with the stock market for the past 20 years. As an analyst at Fidelity, he was responsible for stock picks in a wide variety of industries, from technology to leisure to steel. As a portfolio manager there he managed up to $12 billion in several retail mutual funds and institutional retirement portfolios, emphasizing a growth style of investing. Although no longer at Fidelity, he maintains an active interest in stock picking, and helps out several not-for-profit organizations with their investment decisions in addition to actively running his personal portfolio.
Sprague's work experience includes sixteen years at Fidelity Investments, where he served, successively, as equity analyst, equity portfolio manager, and group leader; and eight years as an industrial engineer at Eastman Kodak. He serves as the finance committee chair for the board of managers of Sturdy Hospital in Attleboro, Mass.; the investment committee chair for the board of pensions of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Chicago; and on the board of directors of the Covenant Trust Company in Chicago. Tom currently is an Executive in Residence at the Johnson School and a regular guest lecturer for the Cayuga Fund class.
Sprague earned his BS in operations research and industrial engineering at Cornell University in 1979, and his MBA in finance at the Wharton School in 1989.
