John B. Guerard, Jr., PhD, is the Director of Quantitative Research at McKinley Capital Management, LLC. Dr. Guerard focuses on maintaining and enhancing the firm's quantitative capabilities and investment models. Before joining McKinley Capital in 2005, Dr. Guerard held a number of senior-level positions, including Vice President at Daiwa Securities Trust Co., where he co-managed the Japan Equity Fund with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Harry Markowitz. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including An Introduction to Financial Forecasting in Investment Analysis and Quantitative Corporate Finance. He is also a former faculty member at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Management and at Lehigh University. Dr. Guerard earned an AB degree in Economics from Duke University, an MA degree in Economics from the University of Virginia, an MSIM in Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.