Executive Team
| Theresa L. Adams | Partner, CEO and President |
| Brian E. Donnally | Partner |
| Woodward Crim Hoffman | Partner |
| Mark Kahn | EVP - Sales |
| David Kennedy | EVP – Product |
| Douglas Long | EVP – Business Strategy |
| Daniel Smith | EVP & Chief Financial Officer |
| Andrew Vickers | EVP & Chief Technology Officer |
Theresa L. Adams – Partner,
CEO & President
Theresa is one of the founding partners of Principia and is CEO and president
of Principia. Prior to this, Theresa was at Republic Bank and Mercadian Capital,
where she was responsible for originating and marketing derivatives transactions.
Theresa also held a number of senior management positions in capital market
groups within Drexel Burnham, Becker Paribas and Salomon Brothers Inc. She
has an M.B.A. from New York University.
Brian E. Donnally – Partner
Brian is one of the founding partners of Principia and is an internal strategic
advisor to Principia's business development teams. Previously Brian led all
global derivative trading activity at Republic Bank and Mercadian Capital.
He has also managed trading desks at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Bank of America.
Brian has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Woodward Crim Hoffman (Ph.D.) – Partner
Woodward is one of the founding partners of Principia and is an internal strategic
advisor to Principia's technology and product teams. Prior to this, he was
responsible for product development and chief architect responsible for the
development of the analytics system used at Republic Bank and Mercadian Capital.
Woodward also directed technology at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Becker Paribas.
He has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College.
Mark Kahn, EVP - Sales
Mark is responsible for managing global business development.
He joined Principia with a highly successful track record in
leading business development efforts and managing client relationships
in
the trust, administration and servicing businesses at JPMorgan
Chase Bank and Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust Company. He has
more than
15 years in client and sales management experience in Structured
Finance, with expertise in loan servicing transactions, CDOs,
Structured Investment Vehicles (SIV) and ABCP Conduits. Mark has
an A.B. in
Economics and Business from Lafayette College and an M.S. in
Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
David Kennedy, EVP – Product
David is responsible for product management.
He brings with him 11 years of experience from Summit Systems where he held
positions in both development and services. Prior to Summit, David held several
positions in systems development at Westpac and Security Pacific. David has
a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Wollongong, Australia.
Douglas Long (Ph.D.) EVP – Business
Strategy
Douglas is responsible for the development and execution of the company's strategic
vision driving the business and its product. A frequent speaker on industry
panels, author and contributor to the trade press, Douglas provides the leadership,
quantitative skills and domain expertise to bridge the critical link between
the market and the company's product development team. In his previous role
at Principia, as Director of Product Management, he helped develop specifications
to build and integrate ABS/MBS instruments and structured credit derivatives
capabilities into the solution. Prior to joining Principia, Douglas was Vice
President at Deutsche Bank, leading research and quantitative analysis for
interest and credit risk management. He also served as a quantitative analyst
and financial engineer with Infinity (SunGard) and Renaissance Software in
London, where he developed analytics used in handling fixed income, derivatives
and structured finance securities.
Daniel Smith, EVP & Chief Financial
Officer
Dan is responsible for Principia’s finances, client
services and administrative functions. Prior to Principia, Dan was SVP of Finance
and Administration at Viewpoint,
a publicly-traded digital graphics software firm. He also has six years of
public auditing and consulting experience at Arthur Andersen and has served
as Treasurer,
CFO
and
COO at a variety of companies in the business-to-business and consumer sectors.
Dan has an M.B.A. from New York University and is a qualified C.P.A.
Andrew Vickers - EVP & Chief
Technology Officer
Andrew is the Chief Technology Officer at Principia and responsible for the
development and execution of the Company's technology vision and roadmap. Andrew
comes from a 7-year career at FNX Limited where he was Executive Managing Director
and CTO. There, he was responsible for several major technology initiatives,
including the implementation of the impressive scalability and reliability
features of the FNX Sierra system. Prior to FNX, Andrew was with ABN-AMRO Bank
where he was project manager responsible for a multi-site global FX Options
trading system and network. Previous to this role, Andrew had several years
experience as an FX options trader as Deputy Head of FX Options trading at
ABN-AMRO and at Continental Illinois National Bank. Andrew has a B.S. degree
in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, University of London.