Mr. Allon has participated in the mortgage securities markets since 1981, holding numerous positions within the industry at well-established investment firms and government agencies. Nomura Securities recruited him in 1987 to establish and manage the Mortgage Trading Department, which consistently grew in profitability and industry prominence under his stewardship. Nomura's MBS department traded in all areas of the MBS market including agency passthroughs, agency and non-agency CMO's, and commercial loans. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Allon acted as a consultant to Asset Investors, a real estate investment trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He was instrumental in the creation of a specialized portfolio of mortgage-backed bonds, which was subsequently resecuritized and sold at significant profit. Mr. Allon served Fannie Mae in various consulting capacities from 1993 through 2001 and was a member of its Customer Advisory Committee until 2001. Mr. Allon holds a B.S. in cellular biology from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Plisko is a Certified Public Accountant with over 10 years of experience in the securities industry. Prior to joining Braddock Financial in 2003, Mr. Plisko worked for Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust in their Global Fund Administration group. He was responsible for the accounting and administration functions for a portfolio of offshore hedge funds which had combined net assets under management in excess of $1 billion. He worked for Deloitte & Touche for more than 5 years where he was responsible for auditing and financial statement reporting for a wide variety of investment companies. He holds a B.S. in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado.
Mr. Allon joined Braddock Financial in 2000 after selling a successful computer-remarketing firm he had founded and operated for more than ten years. Previously he served as a consultant to Sun Microsystems, assisting the company with its year-long internal migration from minicomputers to mainframes. He joined the law firm of Fenwick and West in Palo Alto, California as an associate in 1984. He was an associate editor at Inc. Magazine in Boston from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Allon is a member of the California Bar Association. He received his B.A. in journalism from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984.
Mr. Brown joined Braddock Financial in 2002 and is primarily involved with trading and managing the Galena Street and 17th Street funds. Prior to joining Braddock Financial, Mr. Brown was employed as an investment manager at Great West Life for five years, where he managed portfolios totaling $5 billion in mortgaged-backed, asset-backed, and collateralized debt obligation investments. Previously he was a portfolio manager at ING Investment Management where he helped trade and manage $4 billion in mortgage-backed and asset-backed portfolios. A holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, Mr. Brown received his MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business in 1989 and a B.S. in information systems from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1986.
Mr. Myers began his career with Braddock Financial in 1997 and has held various positions of responsibility in the company. He is primarily involved in asset-backed trading and analysis. Before joining Braddock, Mr. Myers worked at Sonnenblick Goldman, a New York-based investment bank, specializing as an analyst of the resort/hotel industry. He holds a MBS in finance from the University of Colorado and earned a B.S. in marketing from the University of Colorado.