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Brad Lawson
Point Defiance Capital Management
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| Brad Lawson is the portfolio manager for the Point Defiance Microcap Fund, LP, a long/short fund investing in U.S.-traded stocks with market capitalizations below $500 million. Prior to Point Defiance, Mr. Lawson was a co-founder and Principal of Kettle Creek Partners, LLC from 2004 to 2008. He co-managed the Kettle Creek Small Cap Fund, LP, a small and microcap U.S. long/short equity fund, and a separate account with a similar mandate. Mr. Lawson held various positions with Russell Investments in Tacoma, WA from 1996 to 2004, most recently as the Co-Head of Hedge Fund Manager Research. Assets grew from $15 million to more than $3 billion at the time of his departure in July 2004. He had direct responsibility for the investment of more than $500 million with U.S. long-short equity hedge fund managers and oversight of the research on another $600 million of market neutral and non-U.S. equity. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Lawson was a Financial Analyst for Texaco, Inc. in Harrison, N.Y., where he managed the Texaco Pension plan’s $200 million S&P 500 Index fund. He worked in Texaco’s Houston-based domestic oil and gas operation from 1991 to 1993, responsible for crude and natural gas hedging and pipeline financing. He began his career as an Actuarial Analyst at the Wyatt Company in Dallas from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Lawson holds a B.B.A. degree in Finance with highest honors from the University of Oklahoma (1986) and an MBA degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University (1991). |
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