SPOOZ Inc (SPZI)

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KEY EMPLOYEES

Erik Long, Director of Strategic Technology
Erik Long has been active in the study of evolutionary feedback systems since his university days at UCLA and CSU from 1987-1992. After obtaining a Bachelors in Bio-Anthropology and Economics, Mr. Long went on to study evolution of markets with the accomplished academic and entrepreneur Dr. Gerald Fecht and notable mathematician Dr. Viktor Fontaine. Mr. Long founded Tetrahex in 1996 as a forum to discuss evolution, entropy, and later fractals in financial markets. In the process Tetrahex later formed into a corporation, offering it's services to private industry. In 1998, he studied for his Post Graduate Diploma in Economics at the University of London. Since that time Mr. Long has developed proprietary trading systems for Altea Trading from 2000-2002. He has also consulted in non-linear methodologies for Nexbridge Inc., 2000-2002. Mr. Long is one of the founding members of the System Select Group at Peregrine Financial Group, 2002-2004. Mr. Long became a founding principal of Ceres Capital, LLC in 2004. Erik Long has been published in Futures magazine and Stocks & Commodities magazine. He has been a sponsored member of the New York Academy of Sciences since 1997 and listed in Who's Who in America since 2003.

Jame’ Groves, Director of Financial Engineering
Before joining Spooz, Mr. Groves served as Managing Principal of Relativity Holdings, LLC where he co-authored high-frequency arbitrage models for the OTC FX markets. Among his duties at Relativity were quantitative model research, development, architecture, and validating internal model sets. Prior to his time with Relativity, he worked for Alpha Trading as a quantitative analyst, where he was credited with co-authoring a computerized stock option arbitrage system which monitored 30,000 option prices simultaneously and automatically placed orders in real-time. He also designed proprietary black-box systems for high frequency trading applications to exploit market inefficiencies using multi-population genetic algorithms. For the previous five years, Mr. Groves was a commodities trader with Harbor Island Citrus, Inc.

Peng He, Ph.D., Senior Quantitative Analyst
Prior to joining Spooz, Dr. He was a Senior Quantitative Analyst for G-Bar, LLC and Relativity Holdings, LLC where he designed and coded black-box trading systems, backtesting and optimization models from the ground up. Prior to his experience at G-Bar, Dr. He authored high-frequency arbitrage and basis trading models for the OTC FX markets for Relativity Holdings LLC. He also has provided quantitative support for building the CAX (Chicago Aggregate Exchange) an OTC FX exchange, designing and implementing Fourier Trading System, option pricing, hedging, risk management of nonlinear portfolios, time series data analysis, and exploring volatility arbitrage based on relative implied volatility relationships. Dr. He brings to Spooz eight years of experience in Mathematical and Statistical Modeling, Trading Strategies, Systems Development, Derivative Pricing, Hedging, Risk Management and Stochastic Implied Volatility Theory. Mr. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics from University of Illinois.

Scott Ryll, Product Support Manager
Scott Ryll brings nearly a decade and one-half of financial market experience to Spooz. He has held brokerage and trading positions with firms such as Morgan Stanley, FIMAT, and Trader’s Consulting. While Mr. Ryll’s focus has been on soft commodities and energy derivatives, his experience runs across the gamut of asset classes including everything from exchange traded equity options to exotic over-the-counter derivatives. Mr. Ryll’s broad-based industry experience is invaluable in helping to drive the usability and performance aspects of the SpoozToolz platform. Before joining Spooz, he was engaged in proprietary trading and risk management consulting projects. Scott holds a degree in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.