Alan L. Boyce '82

Alan Boyce is currently working with George Soros on an initiative to restructure the U.S. mortgage market. Before Countrywide Bank, FSB was sold to Bank of America, Boyce was Senior Managing Director of Investment Strategies. Boyce was responsible for management and leadership of the bank's investment and funding strategies that produce the highest risk-adjusted returns and the lowest cost of funds. He also oversaw securities and loan purchase activities, trades and strategies, as well as investment portfolio performance. Prior to joining Countrywide in 2007, Boyce served as Director of Special Situations at Soros Fund Management LLC. During those years with Soros, he managed a portfolio of assets of the Quantum Funds and had principal operational responsibilities for the bulk of Soros' investments in Latin America. Boyce coordinated the establishment of Glacier Re, a Swiss Domicile reinsurance company in 2004. Boyce also served as chief executive officer of Absalon, a joint venture between Soros and the Danish financial system, which assisted in the organization of a standardized mortgage-backed securities market for Mexico. Before joining Soros Fund Management, Boyce served for fourteen years as Managing Director, in charge of Fixed Income Arbitrage with Bankers Trust. Prior to that, he worked for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. Boyce holds an MBA degree from Stanford University and a B.A. in Economics from Pomona College.

David Cho '00

David Cho is Case Team Leader at Bain and Company out of its office in New York City. After graduating from Pomona, he joined Bain as an Associate Consultant. In addition to his current assignment, David has spent time in Bain’s Los Angeles, Singapore and Hong Kong offices. David has worked across a number of different industries, including consumer packaged goods, shipping/logistics, semiconductors, PCs, telecommunications, IT services, and large-scale ship repair and manufacturing, health insurance and reinsurance.. David received his B.A. in Mathematical Economics from Pomona College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Kent Fisher '87

Kent Fisher is a Vice President at Boeing where he has responsibility for the firm's understanding of the future of commercial aviation - where demand for commercial aircraft and services will come from, what business models, trends and political factors will be most important, and ultimately where and how passengers and freight of the future will want to move. His team's analyses serve as the basis for forming of Boeing strategy, product decisions, marketing communication, and sales tactics. He took this position in June 2002. Prior to this, Kent directed the programs of Boeing's Air Traffic Management unit, with broad responsibility for leading the company's efforts in developing effective, affordable solutions to increase global air traffic capacity. Kent previously served as director, Commercial Airplane Group Sales where he managed several high-visibility accounts, including American Airlines, Atlas Air, WestJet and Midway Airlines. From 1996 to 1998, he was responsible for assisting Commercial Airplanes customers with their financing needs as a director in Customer Financing. Before he joined Boeing, Kent held various positions at Price Waterhouse working in the firm’s litigation and bankruptcy-consulting group in Los Angeles and Seattle. Kent has a bachelor's degree in economics from Pomona College and a master's degree in business administration from UCLA.

Peter Harding '97

Peter Harding is a Vice President at Technology Crossover Ventures, a leading provider of growth equity financing to technology companies, providing funds to late-stage private, and public companies throughout North America. Founded in 1995, with $7.7 billion under management, the firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Peter leads the healthcare information technology practice for TCV. Prior to joining TCV, Peter attended Stanford Graduate School of Business for his MBA. Peter worked at the early stage venture capital firm DCM (Doll Capital Management) focused on enterprise applications and wireless software companies in the US and China. DCM is focused on the communications, networking, wireless, software and storage systems sectors. Prior to joining DCM, Peter worked as an Associate for Epoch Partners which was sold to Goldman Sachs in 2001. Before Epoch, Peter was with Merrill Lynch in London as an investment banking analyst in the healthcare and M&A groups. He began his career with the Merrill Lynch in Los Angeles working with technology and healthcare companies on both M&A and convertible financing transactions. He majored in economics and public policy at Pomona College and graduated in the class of 1997.

Kristin Horne '93

Kristin Fix Horne '93, is a Principal in the fundraising group at TPG Capital, a global private equity firm with over $30 billion under management. After graduating from Pomona with a double major in economics and mathematics, Kristin was a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, where she focused on business strategy and operations for marketing-intensive industries. She spent half a year in marketing at Intuit before attending Stanford Business School for her MBA. After Stanford, she spent ten years in San Francisco at Morgan Stanley where she became vice president and managing director of the investment banking division. She was responsible for covering private equity clients on the west coast. Kristin's projects involved sourcing and financing new acquisitions as well as working with portfolio companies on equity and debt financings and mergers and acquisitions advice. Currently, at TPG Capital, she leads fundraising for the firm's large-cap buyout fund as well as other funds the firm manages. TPG Capital is a private equity investment firm with offices in Fort Worth, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tokyo, Melbourne and New York City.

Victor Liu '98

Victor Liu graduated from Pomona College in 1992 as an economics major. While at Pomona College, he interned at Asia Financial Group (with Pomona alumnus Bermard Chan) in Hong Kong. Following graduation, he served as a Rotary Ambassador in Taiwan, worked as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company and as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch (corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions). He currently conducts international equity research at Causeway Capital Management with a focus on the technology and automotive industries. The firm has $8.7 billion under management.

Dragan Manoev '99

A native of Bulgaria, Dragan has worked in investment banking since his graduation from Pomona College. While at Lazard, he has participated in a number of mergers & acquisitions and restructuring assignments for clients including Microsoft, SBC Communications and others. Dragan currently focuses on the enterprise software, IT services, telecommunications/ broadband sectors, and has also completed transactions in networking equipment (including the sale of VPN technology vendor Compatible Systems to Cisco).

Susan Helfrey Monson '92

Susan Monson is Director of Operations at SunRun, Inc. SunRun is the leading provider of residential solar power purchase agreements, which provide residential customers with a more affordable way to go solar. At SunRun, Susie is responsible for all customer operations, customer service, and solar system monitoring and maintenance. Prior to joining SunRun in 2008, Susie worked for six years first as Director of Finance and then Director of Operations at PayCycle, Inc., a provider of web-based payroll services for small businesses. Prior to joining PayCycle in 2002, Susie worked as VP Operations for NextMonet, a direct marketer of fine art, where she was in charge of all customer service and framing operations. Susie's additional work experience includes IBM, Exxon Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Susie graduated from Pomona College in 1992 with a concentration in economics and she holds an MBA from Stanford University.

Erik Nierenberg '97

Erik Nierenberg is currently Director of Sales Strategy and Head of North American Outbound Corporate Sales for Salesforce.com, (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in Cloud Computing software. Previously, Nierenberg was a Venture Partner with Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, a $1.1B firm located in San Diego, with a primary focus within software, consumer Internet, online advertising, and wireless technologies. Board of Director seats included Devicescape, Expresso Fitness, and Specific Media (online ad network). He had additional Board and management involvement at IdenTrust, Dragonwave (TSX/AIM:DWI), and Ascendent Systems (acquired by RIM).Prior to joining Enterprise Partners, Erik spent five years with Bain & Company where he led growth strategy, operations and marketing initiatives across industries including technology, media, consumer products, and retail. Nierenberg also was a Case Team Leader within Bain's Private Equity Group doing M&A and due diligence in a variety of industries. Earlier in his career, Nierenberg worked in product management at Netscape and was one of the founding employees of The Bridgespan Group which is a bi-coastal company that provides consulting services to large foundations and community organizations. Erik received a M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business as well as a degree in Economics from Pomona College where he was captain of the lacrosse team.

Jeffrey Parks '02

Jeff Parks co-founded Riverwood Capital (formerly known as Bigwood Capital) with Michael Marks and Nic Brathwaite in 2007. Riverwood is a growth equity firm focused on international opportunities in the middle market. Today, Riverwood has approximately $200mm of capital under management, and is led by six partners with a total of over 100 years of relevant experience. Prior to Riverwood, Jeff was an investment executive at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co ("KKR"), where he focused on a variety of private equity investments in the technology sector. While at KKR, Jeff was involved in many of the largest technology buyouts ever completed, including SunGard Data Systems, Avago Technologies (formerly Agilent Semiconductor Products Group) and NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor). Prior to joining KKR, Jeff was an investment professional in the Principal Opportunities Fund at Oaktree Capital Management, where he focused on private equity opportunities in distressed companies. While at Oaktree, Jeff helped oversee the successful restructuring a technology services business, moving operations offshore and rationalizing product lines. Previously, Jeff was with UBS Investment Bank in Los Angeles, where he was involved in a variety of mergers & acquisitions, as well as financing transactions across several industries. Jeff received his dual B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Pomona College. He was a member of Carnegie Consulting, the very first of the Pomona College senior seminars in corporate strategy. He headed up the project on Ford Motor Company.

Fred Studier '86

Fred Studier has recently taken a position as President and Chief Executive Office of Learner's Digest International (LDI), a Housatonic Partners portfolio company, on whose board he has previously served. LDI is the holding company for Audio Digest Foundation (ADF), which is the leading producer of audio-based medical education for healthcare professionals, and Marathon Multimedia, a leader in software and services for medical and scientific societies. The firm captures and distributes abstracts, posters, and audio/video presentations, among other things. Previously he launched and ran FEI Women's Health, which was developing worldwide distribution network for Paragard, a gynecological product for women. Prior to that Fred worked for Bain & Company in a variety of positions and geographies within "the Bain family." He worked in the San Francisco, Boston and London offices before helping to found the Los Angeles office in 1996. Fred has did rotations in private equity at Bain Capital, as Partner of Operations for Bain's West Coast offices, and ran recruiting, human resources, and professional development for the LA office. Fred's client experience ranged across strategy, operational, and organizational issues, as well as mergers and acquisitions and new business development. He worked on over 40 engagements for corporate and private equity clients across a range of industries, including healthcare, telecom and technology, consumer products, commercial real estate, manufacturing, and travel and leisure. Fred left Bain for 3 years from 1988 to 1991 to get married, travel the world, and attend Harvard Business School. Fred graduated from Pomona College in 1985. His wife Raney is Pomona '86 and they have two children (Anna and Greta - Pomona '17 and '20 respectively). They live in Manhattan Beach.

Matt Thompson '96

Matt recently left Sony International to return to the world of Bankruptcy Restructuring. He is a Director at FTI Consulting, which does restructurings and bankruptcy advisory work for Media and Telecom Companies. At Sony Matt performed global strategic planning, business development and M&A analysis for television and new media platforms .before Sony, Matt was a Senior associate at Alvarez and Marsal, a turnaround consulting firm, where advised troubled healthcare and technology companies with financial and operational restructuring. Prior to A and M, Matt was Manager in the Telecom Corporate Finance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Matt was also Manager of strategic planning at Flashcom, a startup broadband company, where he worked on business development and corporate finance Matt is a graduate of Pomona college, where completed double majors in economics and biology. Matt has an MVAS from Stanford Business School and is a CFA Level III candidate.