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Jim Riggio

Principal at Highland Financial Group

Summary

I am investment manager and financial consultant specializing in options-based income and growth strategies, risk management and portfolio hedging. I graduated from Polytechnic University with a BS degree. I started my professional career with IBM in New York, earning my Masters from Polytechnic University in 1990. I held a number of technology, financial and sales roles at IBM until 1993, when I joined Petrie Stores. In 1995, I joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Principal Consultant to lead the Technology Integration business. In 1997, I relocated to Zurich, Switzerland to start up PwC’s Technology Integration business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 1999, I was admitted as a PwC Partner. In my four years in Europe, I built a thriving Technology Integration business, developed teams in 12 countries and grew annual revenue from zero to $168 million and profits to $24 million. In 2002, I joined UNISYS as Vice President and General Manager. Additionally in 1999, I founded Dolder Investment Partners, which merged with Highland Financial Group. In 2004, after 20 years in the industry and 10 relocations, I decided to leave the corporate world behind and focus on my financial investment business. I have consulted to Registered Investment Advisors, Hedge Funds, Investment Managers, Mortgage companies and other financial services companies. I developed and implemented proprietary options-based strategies for several investment managers. Currently, I am the Managing Principal at Highland Financial Group and serves as the General Partner for the Highland Multi-Strategy Fund. I currently live in Delray Beach, Florida, with my wife, Arlene, of 15 years and daughter Gabriella, 12 years old.

Specialties

Investment Management

Experience

Principal

Highland Financial Group

  January 2004 – Present (8 years 1 month)

VP & General Manager

Unisys

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry October 2002 – December 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry October 1995 – October 2002 (7 years 1 month)

Partner

PwC

Partnership; 10,001+ employees; Accounting industry 1995 – 2002 (7 years)

Director

Petrie Stores, Inc

  June 1993 – October 1995 (2 years 5 months)

Client Executive

IBM

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry August 1984 – June 1993 (8 years 11 months)

Education

Polytechnic University

MS, Information Technology and Management

1986 – 1990  

Polytechnic University

BS, Computer Science

1980 – 1984