Boston, MA - (NewMediaWire) - May 12, 2020 - ValueSetters, Inc. (OTC:VSTR) announced two senior hires
today: Callie Gauzer, CAIA has joined ValueSetters as Director of Investor
Relations and Jim Finnerty has joined the company as Director of Institutional
Sales.
Ms. Gauzer’s two decades of
investment management industry experience have afforded her the opportunity to
work with equities, asset allocation and global macro as well as build
relationships with institutional investors across the United States and Canada.
Callie was formerly a Client Portfolio Manager at Columbia Threadneedle
Investments, representing domestic and international small and mid-cap growth
equity strategies. Prior to that, she was a Director at Ned Davis Research and
has also held positions at Scotiabank and Eaton Vance Management. She earned a
Master of Science in Investment Management from Boston University and a
Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Simmons College. Callie is a Chartered
Alternative Investment Analyst charterholder and member of the CAIA
association.
Mr. Finnerty has spent more than 20 years in
the financial services industry raising capital for early stage growth
companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. As a Senior
Institutional Equity Salesman at Kidder Peabody, Hambrecht & Quist, and
Deutsche Bank, and as Managing Director of Sales at Merriman Co., Jim has been
involved in multiple IPOs, follow-on offerings, PIPE transactions and venture
financings. His clients have included the majority of the leading financial
institutions in Boston. He holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from
Boston College, as well as an MBA in Finance from Cornell’s Johnson School of
Management.
“We are delighted to be adding such talented
hires to our growing team,” commented Cecilia Lenk, CEO. “Callie brings
strategic vision, deep investment knowledge and both buy-side and sell-side
perspective, while Jim’s experience marketing transactions to his powerful
network of institutional investors should be a tremendous asset. We are excited
to move forward and continue to grow ValueSetters.”
About ValueSetters:
Led by a team of professional investors,
digital marketing experts, and technology specialists, ValueSetters is a
publicly-traded boutique advisory firm with expertise across a broad range of
industries. The company has unique experience in helping early stage companies
raise capital via the internet and also provides technology consulting services
as well as strategic advice to help companies grow and evolve to meet the
challenges of today's marketplace. Further information is available at https://valuesetters.com/.
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Coreen Kraysler
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