Ryan Phinney earned his M.B.A. from the University of Denver in 2009 and has worked in finance ever since. He started out by trading futures contracts for clients seeking to hedge their exposures to various commodity prices – precious metals, energy, and currencies. Ryan then joined FINRA, where he worked on equity markets and capital markets issues in the securities industry. At VVAM, Ryan puts his experience to use within VVAM’s investment management and risk management functions when constructing and managing portfolios for the firm. Ryan is a CFA® charterholder.