Satya D. Pradhuman
CEO, Director of Research
914.289.1411

Prior to forming Cirrus in 2007, Satya spent more than 20 years on Wall Street in the equity research departments of E.F. Hutton, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. In 1994, Satya founded the Small Cap Research department at Merrill Lynch, applying a top-down and bottom-up methodology to the small and mid cap arena. He developed proprietary tools for timing small and large cap performance cycles in the US and across regions, growth and value cycles, volatility swings and capital access trends. His innovative analysis includes linking private equity markets to public markets via the small cap sector.

Satya's highly regarded work attained ranking by Institutional Investor magazine for 11 straight years. He has authored Small Cap Dynamics (Bloomberg Press, 2000) and contributed "The Presence of Value in Small-Cap Equities" to Equity Style Management (Klein and Lederman, Irwin, 1995).

Satya holds a BS in Math and Computer Science from Union College and a MBA in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Eric Fernandez
Senior Strategist
914.289.1414

Eric brings to Cirrus more than a decade of analytical, advisory and transaction experience in mergers and acquisitions at Salomon Smith Barney, Kleinwort Benson and Oppenheimer. He has advised US, European and Latin American clients in a broad range of industries, including real estate, energy, manufacturing, software, communications, IT services and consumer products. His experience includes acquisition finance, debt restructuring and impact modeling of such strategic alternatives as merger, IPO and spin-off. Prior to joining Cirrus, Eric pursued personal business interests in real estate development and options and futures research and trading.

Eric holds a BSBA in Finance from the University of Florida and a MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1996.

Mitchell J. Hew

Mitch began his career on Wall Street as a research and trading assistant for the Rothschild Recovery Fund in 1998. In April 2000, he joined Wilbur Ross, Jr. and members of the Rothschild restructuring team forming WL Ross & Co. LLC, a leader in financial restructuring, private equity and alternative investments. At WL Ross, Mitch served as System Administrator and later Chief Information Officer, overseeing all levels of end user, messaging and telecommunications support including network security and portfolio management/accounting system design. Mitch holds an BA from Yale University.

Alex Makedon

With more than ten years of experience in domestic and international equity and fixed income, Alex possesses particular expertise in capital structure and derivatives analysis, model design and implementation and risk assessment. Previously, he served as a strategist in Credit Suisse’s Credit and Credit Derivatives Strategy Group and Merrill Lynch’s Quantitative and Equity Research departments. Alex holds an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and an MS in Computer Science from Moscow Polytechnic University.

During 14 years at Merrill Lynch in New York, Chicago and Honolulu, Mike specialized in presenting research ideas, tax-efficient trades, portfolio optimization and hedging strategies. His sales and trading experience includes equity cash, securities lending, option strategies, structured products, international derivatives and prime brokerage sales. He has also served as a business development officer at Bank of Hawaii and futures trader at Arcal Brokerage. Mike holds a BA from Columbia University and a MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Justin’s career in Financial Services encompasses perspectives from sales, trading and research. At Merrill Lynch he was an associate strategist for the top-ranked Latin America Equity Strategy research team and product manager for Emerging Markets Daily. He has traded proprietary hedge fund accounts on the floor of the American Stock Exchange and marketed financing transactions and private placements to institutional investors. He also proudly served as assistant to the CEO and an elite athlete coordinator for The ING New York City Marathon, in which he has successfully crossed the finish line. Justin holds a BA from Columbia University.

Rebecca possesses broad experience in product development, research publishing and client marketing. During her 18 years at Merrill Lynch she served as marketing liaison for High Yield Sales/Trading, Investment Banking and Research, managing editor for High Yield Research and global head of Research Publications. Her tenure included re-branding and redesign of all research products and development of a new research distribution platform. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Rebecca was an administrator of continuing education and art outreach programs. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and a MA from the University of Minnesota.

Thirza has worked at Bessemer Trust Company, Bradford Equities Management and Horizon Organic Holding Corporation providing administrative support for executives in the areas of marketing, communications and investor relations. Her experience includes project and event coordination, database administration, report and collateral materials creation and vendor management. Thirza holds a BA from Denison University.