Lance Durham

Experience

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  MPC Products

  Jun 1998 - Jun 2000

  Mechanical Engineer

  Mechanical Engineer• Created over 300 designs, ~3X more than co-worker average.MPC Products made electric motors, electric actuators, electric actuators and control sensors for the wings, tailfins, and cockpits of jet aircraft and helicopters ("high-performance electromechanical motion control systems primarily for aerospace applications"); it has since been acquired by Woodward Governor Company and is today named Woodward MPC.

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  MIT

  Jun 2000 - Jun 2002

  Consultant, MIT

  • Evaluated technological threat and company options. Valued acquisition candidate against other responses for C-level staff. Authored operational method to evaluate future technologies (Axcelis).• Advised ‘Duration Matching’ to counter endowment losses (The Home for Little Wanderers). • Reduced cycle times using value-stream analysis (GSI Lumonics). • Interviewed customers and advised on strategy for a start-up bioinformatics firm (Moleculareware). • Identified potential investors for new fund (Signal Lake Venture Fund). • Created marketing materials for ERP software firm (Inlooktec.com). Show less

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  Booz Allen Hamilton

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Senior Consultant, System Dynamics specialist

  • Used ‘system dynamics’ and ’war gaming’ to think through issues for clients, including the US Army, GM, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Toyota, and more.• Given Top Secret/SCI clearance from the NSA, passing Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).** 'War Gaming' is a way to think about what you (and everyone else) would do in a given situation, in order to pre-plan a course of action and/or to take action today to eliminate potential problems tomorrow.** 'System Dynamics' is an MIT-created technique to study complex systems and gain insight into what that system will do, and how to control it. Show less

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  Alan Biller and Associates [top 15 OCIO and investment consulting firm]

  Jul 2008 - Nov 2017

  Director of Capital Markets

  Multiple Positions: Director of Capital Markets, Acting Head of Research, Managing Senior Research Analyst, Senior Research Analyst, Research AnalystGeneral Duties• Authored presentations and short white papers for client consumption.• Approved most asset allocations, acceptable funds, and clients’ manager changes. • Created new capital market assumptions and portfolios for consultant reference each year.• Ran hundreds of asset allocations for clients, both small and large.• Ran dozens of fund searches in most asset classes – private equity, direct lending, fixed income (core, core plus, multisector), commodities, risk parity, and portable alpha.• Monitored funds each quarter, with asset class coverage changing through time.• The ‘go to’ for puzzling out-of-the-box issues and helping others do what’s new to them.Technical Skills Show less

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  Nuveen, a TIAA company

  Mar 2018 - now

  Real Estate Risk Vice President, Investment Risk Senior Manager

  • Monitor and report on all Real Estate (RE) activities in the Americas, plus select global assets.• Review acquisitions and dispositions with deal teams and PMs.• Assist the Managing Director from Risk decide how to vote in IC meetings.• Write and set risk policies.• Opine on new product introductions.