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Researcher Name:   Arnold F. Shapiro
Employer or University Affiliation:   Penn State University
 
Credentials/Designation:   FSA, Ph.D.
   
 
Specialty or Interest/Expertise:   Finance, Pension, Retirement System
 
Contact Information
 
Phone:   814-865-3961
Email:   afs1@psu.edu
Researcher Status:   Academic
Research Interest:   Funded, Publishable
 
Brief Vitae:
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Dr. Shapiro has developed numerous micro economic computer models, multimedia presentation, and interactive instructional modules. He has extensive experience in actuarial, insurance, and pension matters, and specializes in projection and simulation. His current focus is soft computing.

Researcher Name:   Jeremy Gold
Employer or University Affiliation:   Jeremy Gold Pensions
 
Credentials/Designation:   FSA, Ph.D.
   
 
Specialty or Interest/Expertise:   Finance, Pension, Retirement System
 
Contact Information
 
Phone:   212-627-8120
Email:   jeremy.gold.wp00@wharton.upenn.edu
Researcher Status:   Non Academic
Research Interest:   Funded, Publishable, Proprietary
 
Brief Vitae:
Jeremy Gold earned a doctorate at the Wharton School many years AFTER becoming an FSA, MAAA, MCA and (formerly) EA. After a decade in a traditional pension actuarial consulting role (at A&A and Buck Consultants), Jeremy was the first pension actuary to go to Wall Street (Morgan Stanley, 1985).

Papers written by Mr. Gold may be found using the Society of Actuaries library search: http://www.actuariallibrary.org/ as well as by visiting his own web site: http://users.erols.com/jeremygold/papers.html

Jeremy provides pension finance (corporate finance, investments, asset allocation) advice to plan sponsors.

He has assisted sponsors of intermediate and large plans in hedging and negotiating the purchase of terminal funding (closeout) group annuity contracts. He has advised insurers (life and monoline) in the development and marketing of pension-specific products.

Mr. Gold provides litgation support

Researcher Name:   Lawrence N. Bader
Employer or University Affiliation:  
 
Credentials/Designation:   FSA
   
 
Specialty or Interest/Expertise:   Finance, Pension, Retirement System
 
Contact Information
 
Phone:   919-233-6690
Email:   larrybader@aol.com
Researcher Status:   Non Academic
Research Interest:   Funded, Publishable, Proprietary
 
Brief Vitae:
My career included 22 years at Mercer as an actuarial consultant and 9 years at Salomon Brothers, where my time was divided between pension fund asset allocation and employee benefit issues that arose in investment banking transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, and ESOPs. I have written numerous articles on pensions and finance, some of which may found through the Society of Actuaries library search (http://www.actuariallibrary.org/) and others of which were collected into a book, Return Targets and Shortfall Risks, co-authored with Martin Leibowitz and Stanley Kogelman.

Researcher Name:   Rong Zhang
Employer or University Affiliation:   Liberty Union Life
 
Credentials/Designation:   ASA, Ph.D.
   
 
Specialty or Interest/Expertise:   Life, Property/Casualty, Retirement System
 
Contact Information
 
Phone:   248-583-7123
Email:   rong@maaassociates.com
Researcher Status:   Non Academic
Research Interest:   Funded, Unfunded, Publishable
 
Brief Vitae:
Graduated from University of Michigan with doctorate degree in Statistics. Specialized in probability density estimation, statistical modeling, and their applications in financial risk management and insurance. Working as an actuary specialized in managed care and retirement product development and pricing. Expertized in analyzing big or small samples and data sets.

Researcher Name:   Krzysztof Ostaszewski
Employer or University Affiliation:   Illinois State University
 
Credentials/Designation:   FSA, Ph.D.
    CFA
 
Specialty or Interest/Expertise:   Finance, Life, Retirement System
 
Contact Information
 
Phone:   309-438-7226
Email:   krzysio@ilstu.edu
Researcher Status:   Academic
Research Interest:   Funded, Publishable, Proprietary
 
Brief Vitae:
Please review information about me at: http://www.math.ilstu.edu/krzysio/krzys.html

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