Victoria Hallstrom – Managing Director, Director of Research
Jane Rosen – Managing Director, Research Distribution
Jim Thayer – Managing Director, Research Editing and Supervisory Review
Michael LaTronica – Managing Director, Research Editing and Supervisory Review
Kathy Schneider – Director, Research Editing & Supervisory Review

Victoria Hallstrom
Managing Director, Director of Research. Victoria has more than a decade of financial services experience. Most recently, Victoria spent five years specializing in equity research and corporate finance searches for Whitney Group, a high-end, retainer-based financial services search firm. Prior to joining Whitney, she was an equity research analyst covering international oil and domestic refiners for First Boston, Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. She holds a BS from Babson College.

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Jane Rosen
Managing Director, Research Distribution. Jane pioneered the delivery and capture of critical research information to maximize trading revenues. She developed a product marketing effort to effectively leverage equity research at First Boston, Lehman Brothers, and CIBC World Markets. She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from New York University.

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Jim Thayer
Managing Director, Research Editing & Supervisory Review. Jim has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years. After starting his career as a research analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman in 1972, Jim was a research analyst at Bear Stearns, 13-D Research, and Prudential Securities. Most recently, he was the director of supervisory analysts at Instinet. Jim has a BA from Harvard and an MBA from New York University and is a CFA. He lives in New York and has one son.

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Michael LaTronica
Managing Director, Research Editing & Supervisory Review. Michael has an extensive backgroud in securities research and has been in the industry for over 25 years. Prior to joining Soleil, Michael was managing director of the transportation and logistics group at Morgan Joseph & Co. Additionally, he has managed a number of research and sales departments. He was Director of Equity Research for Martin Simpson & Co., Inc., Director of Equity and Fixed-Income Research for Gruntal & Co., Director of Equity Research and Institutional Sales for Pauli Johnson Capital & Research and C.L. King & Associates, and Director of Research at HCFP/Brenner Securities. Michael is also the Founder and Managing Director of The Excalibur Research Group, which specializes in independent transportation sector research. Michael is a Supervisory Analyst, a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, and of the Truckload Carriers Association. Michael attended Franklin and Marshall College, where his academic concentration was economics and political science.

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Kathy Schneider
Director, Research Editing & Supervisory Review. Kathy has over 10 years of experience in developing and managing day-to-day operations of an equity research-focused organization. She held positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Salomon Smith Barney before developing the research publishing group at SoundView Technology Group. She received her MBA from the University of Miami.

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