Mr. Mountain joined ARMOUR after having spent over 30 years at Deloitte. Mr. Mountain has significant experience in securitization transactions, having been involved in that market since its inception in the mid-1980s, and having helped to build Deloitte’s securitization practice. Mr. Mountain is the Chair of the Financial Management Committee of the Mortgage Bankers Association and an ex officio member of the Association’s Residential Board of Governors. Mr. Mountain earned his Bachelor of Arts degrees in accounting and in economics from the University of Montana, as well as a M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Accounting Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Mountain is a Trustee of the University of Montana Foundation and previously chaired the Foundation’s investment committee and its audit and finance committee.
Rian has over 20 years of experience with deep operational knowledge and solid business relationships that include MBS REITS, hedge funds and insurance companies. Prior to BUCKLER, Rian was employed at JVB Financial focusing on MBS origination and repo sales. Mr. Murphy was also a Director at Credit Suisse for 15 years as a member of the Money Market Sales team. He began his career at Citibank N.A in the capital markets credit limit and exposure group. Mr. Murphy has a B.A from Iona College.
He has managed two Primary Dealers (Lehman and Jefferies), held senior trading positions while at Merrill Lynch and Royal Bank of Scotland, and has a long track record of trading with the largest money managers in the world. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Economics and from Harvard Business School with an MBA.
Prior to joining BUCKLER, Jack was a Sr. Managing Director at Seaport Global. Jack also worked at CRT in Stamford Ct. where he managed rate sales and RBS-GREENWICH where he sold for 16 years. Jack’s clients include pension funds, money managers, bank portfolio’s and macro hedge funds.
Prior to joining BUCKLER, Bob was Managing Director at Mizuho Bank, Jefferies, Barclays and Lehman Brothers, specializing in Macro Hedge Funds, Money Managers and Commodity Trading Advisors globally. He holds a B.A in Business from St John’s University.
Prior to joining BUCKLER, Jorge was a Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald Global Markets, covering Fixed Income Sales from 2012-2019. Previously, Mr. Portugal worked at RBS America and RBS Greenwich Capital for 12 years in different roles, first as proprietary portfolio manager in the Global Macro and Arbitrage desk. Later, he was in charge of building partnerships with the largest pension funds, asset owners and sovereign wealth funds, expanding the fixed income distribution platform. Jorge is a CFA Charterholder, and has a M.A. in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has also been actively involved with the Stamford CFA Society, having served as President and Board member for several years.
Before joining WSN, Stephen was a Managing Director and Legal Entity Chief Risk Officer for the Americas at Credit Suisse. Prior to being appointed Chief Risk Officer, Stephen was Head of Credit for Hedge Funds (Americas) at Credit Suisse for 12 years. Stephen has more than 25 years of risk management experience. He is a graduate of ESCP Europe and holds a B.A. Honors in Philosophy and Modern Languages from Oxford University.