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Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003 +1-203-***-****

Eric L. Hoyle, CFA

Senior Investment Professional

SUMMARY

Entrepreneurial investment professional with experience in portfolio

management/trading and success in building relationships and raising

capital. Background includes working as a fixed income analyst,

systematic equity trader, portfolio manager, risk manager, adjunct

finance professor, sales strategist and consultant for start-up hedge

funds.

EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present Hedge Fund Consultant & Third Party Marketer: Hoyle

Capital Partners - New York, NY

Consulting with emerging hedge fund managers on operations,

marketing and risk management procedures. Helping managers

become institutional quality and introducing them to suitable

investors.

2008 - 2010 Head of Business Development & Chief Risk Officer: Elk

River Trading, LLC - Edgewater, NJ

Generate prospective investor leads through networking,

conferences, phone calls and road shows. Manage the sales

cycle by qualifying investors, presenting fund, following up

and closing on capital. Educate prospects on advantages of a

relative-value, foreign currency, option-volatility strategy.

As CRO, oversee risk exposures of overall portfolio and

individual traders.

. Developed and expanded the firm's relationships with fund-of-

funds, family offices, high net-worth individuals and

institutional investors, educating them on strategy's

benefits.

. Marketed fund through sales calls, monthly emails and

presentations, assembling a database of over 2,000

institutional contacts and raising $22 million for a start-

up fund in 2008.

. Performed road shows in London, Geneva and Zurich.

2006 - 2008 Adjunct Professor of Finance: Rutgers University

School of Business - Camden, NJ

Lecturing professor for MBA and undergraduate classes: "Futures

and Options", "Derivative Securities", and "Investments and

Portfolio Management" with between 12 and 45 students.

. Distilled the mathematically dense textbook, Futures,

Options and Other Derivatives by John Hull, into

understandable lectures - teaching valuation of futures,

options, and swaps.

2000 - 2007 Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager: Oval Oak Capital Management,

LLC - Philadelphia, PA

Raised capital and launched an alternative investment

management firm running quantitatively based, uncorrelated,

market-neutral strategies.

. Developed and optimized a systematic long/short strategy,

trading equities and options, with an effective risk

monitoring system.

. Involved with all aspects of a launch: developed strategy,

helped create legal documents, established brokerage

relationships, created marketing materials and raised

capital.

1995 - 2000 Senior Fixed Income Analyst: Raymond James Financial, Inc.

- Saint Petersburg, FL

Member of the fixed income portfolio management team at mutual

fund subsidiary, maintaining target durations, evaluating

portfolio structure and forecasting economic conditions.

. Assisted in management of top quartile closed-end mutual

fund, analyzing structures and identifying RV opportunities

in the collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO) market.

. Secondary manager for a $2 billion money market fund, buying

bills, agencies and CP.

1991 - 1993 Fixed Income Trader: Ferris Baker Watts, Inc. - Baltimore,

MD

Traded mortgage-backed securities and government bonds.

Maintained an inventory of collateralized mortgage obligations

(CMOs) and educated brokers on their risks and rewards.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

CFA Institute: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder -

Charlottesville, Virginia

Yale University: MBA, Financial Instruments and Contracts - New Haven,

Connecticut

Duke University: BA, Economics and Public Policy Studies (completed two

majors) - Durham, North Carolina

FINRA Registrations: Series 7

SOFTWARE

Bloomberg . Direct-Access Trading Platforms . Derivative Solutions .

@Risk . Outlook Business Contact Manager CRM

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