Dr. Tim Smaby, CFA, FRM

Biography:

Tim Smaby is Chief Learning Officer of Kaplan Schweser and Kaplan Financial Education, divisions of Kaplan Professional. Smaby joined the company in 2002 as the manager of the Level 2 CFA study materials. In his current role as CLO, Smaby oversees all content development and production for Kaplan Professional's insurance, securities, and advanced designations product lines.

Prior to joining Kaplan, Smaby was an associate professor of finance at Penn State Erie. Previously he held various positions in the banking industry with Bank One in Cincinnati, Ohio and First Republic Bank in Dallas, Texas.

Smaby is a CFA Charterholder and has also been awarded the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Cincinnati, an MBA in finance from the University of Wisconsin, and a BS in economics from the University of Minnesota.

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David W. Wiley, CFA

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Dave is Vice President of Curriculum for Kaplan Schweser and Director of all Kaplan Schweser CFA seminars worldwide, including the Study Seminar for Financial Analysts (SSFA) at the University of Windsor. Dave also develops CFA content focusing on the Practice Exams, and assists with content development for two other designations within Kaplan Schweser – CAIA and FRM. Before the companies were acquired by Kaplan Schweser in 2004, he was a partner with Koppel & Wiley and Excel Exam Review (previously JKE Exam Review).

Dave has over 28 years experience in securities analysis and financial project management, with specific concentration in business valuations, credit risk analysis, and disposition of financially troubled assets. Dave held various finance positions with Bank One for 12 years. In 1982 Dave received an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University; and in 1986 he was awarded the CFA designation and is a member of CFA Institute. As a member of the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth (CFA-DFW), he has served as Education Chair since 1990 and is currently President. Dave founded CFA-DFW’s Weekly CFA Review Course and Study Program and has directed the program since its inception in 1989. This weekly program currently serves approximately 350 CFA Candidates per year at three universities in Dallas–Fort Worth.

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Derek Burkett, CFA, FRM, CAIA

Biography:

Derek is a Senior Content Specialist for Kaplan Schweser. He specializes in writing and editing CFA^®, FRM^®, and CAIA^® review material and is the CAIA product line manager. Derek holds an M.S. in finance from the University of Denver and a B.S. in economics from Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Kaplan Schweser in 2004, Derek worked as a business valuation consultant for a national consulting firm, performing various tangible asset and intangible asset valuations and damage analysis for securities litigation. Derek is a CFA charterholder, certified Financial Risk Manager, and CAIA member.

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Eric Smith, CFA, FRM

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Eric has been with Kaplan Schweser since 2003. He currently specializes in the development of CFA Level 3 content and is the team leader for the FRM designation product line. He earned his bachelor of science in finance from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and is currently enrolled in the MBA program at the University of Nebraska. Eric is a CFA charterholder and a certified Financial Risk Manager.

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Kevin Rygg, CFA, CAIA, FRM

Biography:

Kevin Rygg has been with Kaplan Schweser since 2007. He currently specializes in the development of CFA Level 2 content. He earned a M.S. in Accountancy from Brigham Young University. Prior to Kaplan, he worked with various small research groups involved in complex adaptive systems, emerging market crises, valuation, financial modeling, and energy market futures. Kevin is a CFA charterholder, certified Financial Risk Manager, and holds the CAIA designation.

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Dr. John Paul Broussard, CFA, FRM, PRM

Biography:

Professor Broussard is the Director of the Rutgers Financial and Legal Research Institute. His professional training experiences cover numerous professional financial training topics to audiences around the globe. Dr. Broussard has won numerous teaching awards, and has published academic articles ranging from extreme value applications to risk management to executive compensation matters.

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Dr. Greg Filbeck, CFA, FRM, CAIA

Biography:

Greg joined the faculty of Penn State Erie as professor of finance in 2006 and holds the Black Family Endowed Professorship of Insurance and Risk Management. He has published over 55 articles in refereed journals and authored two books. His research studies are focused within the investments, portfolio management, and behavioral finance areas. In addition to ten years’ experience in academia (Miami University and the University of Toledo), he has seven years of experience as senior vice-president of Schweser, a division of Kaplan, Inc., where he headed the content and curriculum areas and started and led the marketing and sales areas. Greg has trained candidates for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations on a worldwide basis

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Dr. C. Mitchell Conover, CFA

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Mitch is an associate professor at the University of Richmond and has 12 years teaching experience. He has taught classes in Investments, Portfolio Management, International Finance, and Corporate Finance. His research focuses primarily on investment issues and has appeared in the Financial Analyst Journal, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and other academic journals. He has served as a NASD arbitrator and received his Ph.D. from Florida State University in 1995.

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Dr. Walayet A. Khan

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Walayet received his PhD in finance from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He is currently a professor of finance at the University of Evansville. Walayet has published papers in numerous finance journals, including the Journal of Financial Research and the Financial Review and has presented papers in regional, national, and international conferences. He has served as consultant to many national and regional organizations, including the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange, Attain (Electronic Communications Network), and the Signature School in Evansville.

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Darren Lee, CFA, FRM, CPA, CA

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Darren currently operates his own consulting practice in Toronto, dealing primarily with accounting, tax and finance issues for both corporate and personal clients. He was formerly a tax manager with KPMG, an auditor with Deloitte, and an account manager in the Private Banking group at the Royal Bank of Canada. Darren is a CFA® charterholder as well as a Chartered Accountant (CA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA-Illinois). He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor of commerce degree.

Darren has extensive experience in lecturing and grading activities relating to professional finance and accounting programs. He currently manages and teaches in the weekly CFA exam preparatory course in Toronto as well as authoring/editing CFA and CPA study materials, all for Kaplan Schweser. In addition to these activities, he maintains part-time careers as a real estate broker and a concert pianist.

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Dr. Andrew Spieler, CFA, FRM

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Andrew is currently an assistant professor of finance at Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University and has previously taught courses at the State University of New York at Binghamton and Indiana University. His teaching experience includes graduate and undergraduate courses in finance, economics, and statistics. Andrew also has significant experience teaching in executive education programs.

Andrew received his B.S., MBA, and Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton and MS from Indiana University. He has had research papers presented and accepted at national and international conferences. Andrew has successfully completed five actuary exams administered jointly by the ASA and CSA. Andrew holds both the CFA and FRM designations. He is the former research director for the IRAA, a shareholder advocacy group.

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