Brad Berggren
Managing Director

Brad founded Parametric Risk Advisors in 2003. Prior to Parametric, Brad was a Managing Director at K2 Advisors, a New York and Stamford based fund of funds. In 1998, Brad was a founding member of Bank of America's Equity Financial Products group and became Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer through 2002. Prior to Bank of America, Brad held positions in the equity derivative groups of Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Bear Stearns. Brad graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in Political Science and History.

Ken Everding, PhD
Managing Director

Ken joined Parametric Risk Advisors in 2005. Prior to Parametric, Ken was a Managing Director at Zurich Capital Markets and BNP Paribas following Zurich’s acquisition. At Zurich Ken’s team was the pioneer in creating structured hedge fund products. Prior to Zurich, Ken was a founding member of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette’s credit derivative group and subsequently moved to London to form and run DLJ’s European credit derivatives business and was responsible for its trading, structuring and marketing efforts. Ken earned a Ph.D. in Theoretical Particle Physics from Yale University. The title of his PhD thesis is “Aspects of Non-Perturbative Quantum Electrodynamics”, excerpts of which have been published in leading academic journals. Ken also earned a B.S. with honors in physics from Iowa State University.

Jonathan Orseck
Managing Director

Jon joined Parametric Risk Advisors in 2006. Prior to Parametric, Jon was a Managing Director at Banc of America Securities where he founded and managed the Equity Linked Solutions Group. He was responsible for the development, structuring, marketing and sales of equity and commodity index linked structured investments. Prior to Bank of America, Jon was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley responsible for structuring and marketing structured notes to institutional clients. He also managed their high net worth, over-the-counter equity derivative business for the eastern half of North America for hedging and investment purposes. From 1993 – 1996, Jon held similar roles at both Kidder, Peabody and Royal Bank of Canada. Jon graduated with a B.S. in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business.

Larry Berman
Managing Director

Larry joined Parametric Risk Advisors in 2006. Prior to Parametric, Larry was a Principal at Wolverine Trading, one of the largest options market makers in the world. At Wolverine Larry was the Head Trader in charge of all trading in the New York office on the American Stock Exchange and the COMEX and was responsible for over 90 equity/index options as well as market-making in ETFs and structured products. From 1994 to 1997, Larry was a derivatives trader in Frankfurt, London and New York for Credit Suisse First Boston. Larry graduated with a B.S. in business administration from Boston University in 1987.