Martin H. Bergin is the President and Owner of DUNN. Mr. Bergin oversees all mission-critical operations of the firm, including the firm’s research and development efforts as well as the construction and management of the firm’s managed futures portfolios.  Mr. Bergin, who has a deep background in finance and business management, joined DUNN in 1997 as Accounting Systems Manager, and was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2001. He has been the firm President since 2007.  In 2010, a business succession plan was put into place that gave Mr. Bergin partial ownership of the firm, with full ownership transferring in 2015.  Mr. Bergin earned a B.S. in Business Administration from George Mason University in 1987. Prior to joining DUNN, he was a partner at a Northern Virginia CPA firm where he worked for 10 years managing audit, tax and consulting engagements for clients in the managed futures, banking and defense industries.

James R. Dailey is Chief Executive Officer of DUNN.  Mr. Dailey has responsibilities in the areas of strategic planning, business and product development, client relations and financial reporting. Mr. Dailey joined DUNN in 2003 as a Financial Analyst and was promoted to Vice President of Finance in 2007, CFO in 2008 and CEO in 2016.  He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University in 1994 and an MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland in 2000.  Prior to joining DUNN, Mr. Dailey worked for Marriott International in Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis and spent several years in public accounting.

David A. Kauppi is Chief Financial Officer at DUNN.  Mr. Kauppi’s responsibilities include overseeing accounting for commodity pools and managed accounts, managing the firm’s compliance function and acting as DUNN’s liaison with regulatory agencies of the futures industry.  He serves as a member of the National Futures Association’s CPO / CTA Advisory committee.  Mr. Kauppi earned a B.S. in Business Administration from James Madison University in 1996 and has been a CPA since 1997.  Mr. Kauppi worked in both public accounting and private industry before joining DUNN in 2001 as a Financial Analyst.

David E. Dreyer is General Counsel at DUNN. David focuses on compliance issues applicable to commodity trading advisers and commodity pool operators as well as contracts, property and business issues.  David earned a B.S. with honors in Accounting from Bob Jones University in 1987, after which he began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen.  His J.D. (1993) and LL.M. in Taxation (1994) degrees are from the University of Florida.  David practiced law with Jones Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. beginning in 1996 and was Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates.  In 2008, he left that firm as an equity shareholder to become General Counsel at Dunn Capital Management, LLC.

We are sad to report the passing of Daniel Dunn.  Over the years, Daniel, along with his father, built a deep team of talented quants and established a framework of protocols and procedures that govern our research process today.  We will miss Daniel and are grateful for the legacy of rigor that he brought to DUNN’s Research and Development.

Roberto Osorio, Ph.D. is Vice President, Trading Systems at DUNN.  Dr. Osorio is involved in the development of new trading systems to diversify the firm’s portfolio and in the research of new risk-control tools.  Dr. Osorio first worked at DUNN as Director of Research from 2006 to 2007. He rejoined DUNN in 2011 and was promoted to Vice President in 2015.  Dr. Osorio earned a B.S. and a M.S. in Physics from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil in 1975 and 1977, respectively.  He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982.  Prior to joining DUNN, Dr. Osorio worked as Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Brasilia from 1982 to 1989, as Senior Research Associate at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, Colorado) from 1990 to 1992, and in Research at several equity quant funds from 1993 to 2005 and 2008 to 2010.

Stefan Wintner, is Vice President, Volatility Strategies at DUNN. Mr. Wintner researches and develops new trading systems, focusing on volatility as an asset class.  He joined DUNN in 2017 in his current role.  Mr. Wintner earned his MBA (Magister) from the University of Business Administration and Economics in Vienna, Austria in 2004 and is a CFA- and FRM-charter holder. Before joining DUNN, Mr. Wintner held several senior positions at boutique asset managers in Austria and Switzerland. His focus has been on systematic trading strategies and volatility trading since he started his career in the financial sector in 2004. His activities ranged from high frequency trading to long-term investing.

Christian Silva, Ph.D. is a Senior Research Analyst at DUNN.  Dr. Silva works on trading algorithms and risk control for DUNN.   He holds a B.Sc.(1996) in Physics from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, a M.Sc. (1999) in Physics from Portland State University, a Ph.D. in Physics (2005) from the University of Maryland at College Park and is a FRM-charter holder. Since 2005 Dr. Silva worked as a Research Associate at Evnine & Associates, LLP, as a Quantitative Analyst at Ivory Investment Management, LP and most recently as Principal Quantitative Analyst at NextEra Energy, Inc. He authored many publications in mathematical finance and physics and is a moderator for Cornell University physics archives statistical finance subject area.   Dr. Silva first joined DUNN in October 2013 and rejoined DUNN in August 2019.

Jenny Kellams is Director, Investment Strategy.  She is primarily responsible for marketing and distribution of DUNN strategies to family offices and financial advisors.  Ms. Kellams joined DUNN in 2011.  She earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Pace University in 1999.  Prior to joining DUNN, Ms. Kellams had a 12-year career in the securities industry as a financial advisor, owning her own investment management firm, JK Financial Group, from 2003 until she sold it in 2011.

Melissa L. Sprafkin is Vice President, Investor Relations at DUNN.  Her responsibilities include onboarding new accounts and managing and maintaining existing investor relationships.  In addition, Ms. Sprafkin works on accounting and compliance reporting for DUNN’s commodity pools, and contributes in the firm’s business development efforts.  Ms. Sprafkin joined DUNN as an Associate in 2010 and was promoted to Vice President in 2016.  She received a B.S. in Organizational Management from Indian River State College in 2011.  Ms. Sprafkin held various positions in the banking industry from 2004 through 2010, most recently at the Northern Trust Company.

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen is Managing Director of DUNN Capital (Europe). DUNN Capital (Europe) is a Swiss entity with which DUNN has an exclusive consulting agreement to perform business development for DUNN’s programs in Europe. Mr. Kaastrup-Larsen has been in the managed futures business since 1990, holding management positions at several leading CTAs: GNI Fund Management, Chesapeake, Beach Capital and Rho Asset Management, the last two of which he co-founded. Mr. Kaastrup-Larsen is the founder and host of the world’s leading podcast within the hedge fund & CTA community, www.toptradersunplugged.com as well as the host of CME Group’s podcast on Managed Futures.