Advisor Partners' Chairman Andrew Rudd, Ph.D., has substantial experience in the industry. He is widely considered an expert in quantitative analysis, asset allocation, modern portfolio theory, risk management and performance measurement. He is also Co-founder and Chairman of Advisor Software, Inc., a firm that provides client risk profile assessment and asset allocation tools to the financial services industry. The founder and Chairman of the former Barra, Inc., and since that firm’s acquisition by Morgan Stanley Capital International, Andrew consults part time for the newly-formed MSCI Barra as Senior Adviser. Andrew is co-author of two industry-leading books on institutional investing, "Modern Portfolio Theory: The Principles of Investment Management" and "Option Pricing". Between 1977 and 1982, Andrew was a professor of finance and operations research at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Selected Honors and Fellowships:
1995, The Investment Management Consultants Association 1995 Journalism Award; 1983, Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Applications; 1982, The Pomerance Prize for Excellence in the Area of Options Research; 1976, Institute for Business and Economic Research Student Research Award.

Educational Background:
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., conferred June 1978; Title of Dissertation: Mean-Variance Option Portfolios; University of California, Berkeley, MBA, conferred June 1976; Title of Report: An Analysis of Competing Algorithms for Portfolio Selection.

Fields of Specialization,
Finance and International Business:
University of California, Berkeley: M.S. conferred June 1972. Major in Operations Research with emphasis on mathematical programming and computer methods.

Sussex University, United Kingdom: B.Sc. (Honors) conferred June 1971. Major: Mathematics. Minor: Physics.

Memberships and Professional Activities:
American Economic Association, Member; Association of Investment Management and Research (AIMR), Member; Financial Analysts Journal, Editorial Board; The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, Board Member; INQUIRE Europe, Chairman, Prize Committee; The Journal of Investing, Global Advisory Board; Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Board of Trustees; Security Analysts of San Francisco, Chairman, Quantitative Investment Group; University of California, Davis, Dean's Advisory Council, Graduate School of Management.