Michael Namba:  

Life Things have gone well for me all these years. Sure life has thrown a few curves at me along the way, but whether academically, personally or professionally, I've managed to find my way through. College was all that I expected to be. Lucky anyone accepted my seriously deficient college application and more so that on the way out they gave me a degree. To sum it up, had a lot of fun, played some soccer, and established some long-life friendships. In my book that's pretty darn good. Professionally, many changes in terms of focus and companies but always prodding along. At the time of our 10-year reunion, I was just about finished my tenure in various strategic finance and corporate development roles. Parlayed that experience into several years of investment banking with several firms. After way too many flights, hours, take-out dinners, and midnight faxes and emails from analysts and associates (I hate Blackberrys), left to join a private equity firm. Thought the buy-out world was a bit dull, so I turned around and started my own consulting and advisory firm. After two years of life worse than my experience in investment banking I decided to jump on the hedge fund band wagon. Always enjoyed the stock market so it seemed like a natural fit. The fund is moving along and provides ample opportunities and challenges for me. On ...Expand for more