Qui Vuong

Current

Director - Mayor's Appointee at Houston Area Water Corporation
Founder and Seed Investor of New Business Start-Up in Stealth Mode at Global Investment Management Exchange Project
Member of Volunteer Task Force at Princeton Prize for Race Relations Program

Governor of Alumni Association at Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton
Managing General Partner of Private Investment Partnership at MAI Capital Management Partners, LP
Member of Steering Committee at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Founding Member & Chairman of Private Industry Association at National Association of Investment Fiduciaries
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Strategist of Alternative Absolute Return Strategies Incubator at MAI Advisors, Limited
Member at Princeton Alumni Association of Houston
Member, Former Class Secretary-Treasurer, Volunteer, & LinkedIn Hub at The Class of 1984 at Princeton University

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Past

Member of Founding Advisory Board of Professional Association at Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association
Co-Founding Member of Houston Chapter at Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO)
Chairman & CEO of Financial Services Holding Company at Vuong & Company, LLC

Trustee of Public Pension Fund and Mayor's Representative at City of Houston Police Officers' Pension System
Managing Director of Venture Capital Firm at PCM&C Group, Inc.
Chairman of Non-Partisan Political Organization at Asian-American Coalition
Elected Vice-President of Community Association at Vietnamese American Community Association of Houston and Vicinity
VP of Investments and Director of Investor Education of Public Investment Firm at Legg Mason, Inc.
Vice President of Investments of Wall Street Investment Bank (Registered Representative and Trainee) at Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.
Summer Intern and Recruited Trainee for Executive Management Training Program at Procter & Gamble Company

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Education

Princeton University

Recommended

20 people have recommended Qui

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Investment Management

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Qui Vuong’s Summary

I counsel accredited investors about building high performance portfolios through thinking differently, and the right way to get the most out of asymmetric returns through non-traditional means and counter-conventional approaches.

I have learned from many mentors - successful practitioners and specialists - in many areas: capital markets, discretionary and proprietary trading, portfolio hedging and global risk management, enlightened wealth management & philanthropy, investor education, fiduciary empowerment, and best practices advocacy.

My 24-year career has been dedicated toward exploring new and forbidden horizons, asking unpopular questions in order to expose what works, what makes sense, and discovering alternative solutions that best serve everyone involved.

I collaborate with strategic partners in the investment management industry to provide diversifying avenues for yield/return enhancement to their own investment strategies. The result of this collaboration produces consistently superior investment results for our clients in any market condition.

As a contrarian thinker and experienced innovator, I advocate "Absolute Return" investing vs "Relative Return" benchmarking, active management vs passive indexing.

As an experienced executive, I am an "early adopting" facilitator with broad operational and technical experience in all phases of the investment management process, especially in systematic trading and risk management. I invest early in new ideas, emerging managers, undiscovered niche markets, special situations, and compelling collaborative opportunities within my area of expertise.

As an independent strategic consultant, I possess broad understanding, direct experience, and crossover training from the many hats I wear representing buy side and sell side interests throughout my professional career.

Qui Vuong’s Specialties:

- Leveraging my proven track record of absolute return strategies profiting from past bear markets, and prolonged "range bound" consolidations (sideways markets) that make up 70% of the stock market’s history.

- Incubating and commercializing great enterprise ideas or sound alternative investment management strategies through collaboration with others.

- Offering unique skills and capacities in exploring new ways to profit from the current prevailing high risk, low return environment.

Qui Vuong’s Experience

Director - Mayor's Appointee

Houston Area Water Corporation

(Renewables & Environment industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

No resource is more essential to our health, our food supply, our environment, and our economic well-being than water. As the scope and complexity of water protection programs increases, so does the demand for improved water resource management.

The Houston Area Water Corporation (HAWC) is a local, not-for-profit governmental corporation created by the City of Houston to provide the oversight, management and implementation of integrated solutions that meet or exceed environmental, economic, and sociopolitical requirements with respect to its water rights and assets.

As a director of the HAWC, it is my honor to serve and contribute whatever business experience and specialized knowledge to develop specific, integrated solutions that meet HAWC's regulations and business goals, in addition to leveraging our city's well-established relationships with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies that help us provide cost-effective integrated resolutions that benefit all stakeholders.
Founder and Seed Investor of New Business Start-Up in Stealth Mode

Global Investment Management Exchange Project

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

-Building viable alternative solutions for the investment management industry. The dynamics are in place for a global platform that consolidates and redistributes intellectual capacity and financial resources, according to new rules, inside arguably the most potentially profitable industry on earth: managing and investing other people's money.

-Helping investors and providers connect directly to lower their cost of doing business while maximizing results and customer satisfaction experience, in all dimensions imaginable. Applying economies of scale and converging information technologies to empower collaborative commerce, capacity utilization, and free market competition, we will structure proprietary deal flow, seed and cap next generation capacities while cultivating fair competition and new standards of best practices for all emerging or established members.

-Seeking, connecting, and recruiting qualified experts/producers/power players/facilitators to build the right teams.
Member of Volunteer Task Force

Princeton Prize for Race Relations Program

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Philanthropy industry)

October 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

In order to recognize, support, and encourage the young people of our country who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the cause of relations among the races, Princeton University is sponsoring an awards program for high school students -- the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Princeton and its alumni recognize that the issue of race relations continues to be one of the most urgent and important challenges facing our country. We have created this program to identify and commend young people who are working to increase understanding and mutual respect among all races. Through the Princeton Prize, we hope to encourage others to join in these or similar efforts and to undertake initiatives of their own.
Governor of Alumni Association

Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

April 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

- Contributing as a volunteer and governing member of alumni association dedicated to serving the needs, advancing critical issues, and fostering personal interaction, resources sharing, and networking among Asian and Asian-American alumni of Princeton University. Member of Nominations, A4P Reunions Planning, and Website Development and Maintenance committees.
- Serving as online volunteer/hub for all members of AAAAP, Princeton Class of 1984, and all other members of the Princeton alumni network who are currently using LinkedIn to network. Get "LinkedIn" with me at: quivuong84@alumni.princeton.edu
Managing General Partner of Private Investment Partnership

MAI Capital Management Partners, LP

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

- Driving business vision and focusing on providing specialized investment advisory services and strategic consulting to select institutional clients and high net worth accredited investors.
- Accelerating beta testing schedules for institutional mandates. Completing market research activities and finalizing product line.
- Licensing intellectual properties and building out a global distribution network of strategic partners to "private label" existing capital management capacity applying MAI absolute return alternative investment strategies incubated to date.
Member of Steering Committee

MD Anderson Cancer Center

(Educational Institution; Hospital & Health Care industry)

2000 — Present (9 years)
Founding Member & Chairman of Private Industry Association

National Association of Investment Fiduciaries

(Investment Management industry)

April 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)

NAIF is an exclusive, qualifying membership association founded by a group of dedicated investment fiduciaries who are recognized thought leaders and activists within their own investing communities across the nation. NAIF establishes a private forum for these fiduciaries to promote standards of professionalism and best practices, to share experience and expertise, and to empower one another through education and advocacy, in the spirit of volunteerism. NAIF’s unique global education and resource-sharing platform facilitates direct peer interaction and collaboration among individual members, who come from diverse backgrounds and orientations, to help them get the most out of performing their fiduciary duties: investing the funds entrusted to them by their respective constituents.
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Strategist of Alternative Absolute Return Strategies Incubator

MAI Advisors, Limited

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Investment Management industry)

April 1995 — Present (14 years 4 months)

- Incubated alternatives to traditional investment strategies, by seeding and stress testing "floor traders" strategies using options. Achieved asymmetric return profiles. Enhanced return with a "synthetic dividend" in the form of "portable alpha" harvested through time and market volatility.
- Conceived the Multidimentional Alpha Integration (MAI) alternative investing approach. Non-directional harvesting strategies completed (1993-1995), Bi-Directional hedging strategies (1996-1998), Directional swing trading stategies (1999-2003).
- Since 2001, assembled 8 associates with 120+ years of combined trading experience (as option market makers) to Beta test MAI strategies on an evolving electronic platform that integrates complex trade execution, information processing, redundant opportunity scanning, continuous portfolio monitoring and analysis, all in real time.
- 5-year Beta testing schedule (2001-2006) is being accelerated due to investor demand and favorable market conditions.
Member

Princeton Alumni Association of Houston

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

September 1986 — Present (22 years 11 months)
Member, Former Class Secretary-Treasurer, Volunteer, & LinkedIn Hub

The Class of 1984 at Princeton University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Think Tanks industry)

September 1980 — Present (28 years 11 months)
Member of Founding Advisory Board of Professional Association

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association

(Investment Management industry)

March 2002 — March 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Served on the founding advisory board of an independent, not-for-profit global organization committed to education and professionalism in the field of alternative investments. Founded in 2002, the Association is the sponsoring body for the CAIA designation. Recognized globally as "the global mark of distinction in alternative investing", the designation certifies one’s mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding alternative investments and promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct.
Co-Founding Member of Houston Chapter

Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO)

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 1990 — December 2002 (13 years)

YEO provides its members mentoring, peer networking, and educational opportunities. Membership is open to individuals who are under the age of 40 and are the founders or majority shareholders of companies grossing over $1 million annually (special exceptions also exist for venture-backed firms). Annual membership fees are $1,300. Local chapters hold monthly meetings and sponsor regular educational events or presentations. In addition, the national organization regularly sponsors tours of other countries to study new business strategies, methods, and innovations. Many chapters also feature "self-help" forums where groups of 10 to 12 entrepreneurs from noncompeting industries get together to work on common problems faced by small business owners, such as hiring good employees or international expansion. Personal issues are also sometimes explored in these private, confidential settings, which are facilitated by trained moderators.
Chairman & CEO of Financial Services Holding Company

Vuong & Company, LLC

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

April 1995 — January 2001 (5 years 10 months)

Served as CEO and Chairman of a privately held financial services holding company co-founded with business partners and three siblings. Holding company comprised of a broker-dealer operating subsidiary (member NASD, SIPC, and MSRB) and SEC registered investment advisor operating subsidiary, both serving institutional investors exclusively.
Trustee of Public Pension Fund and Mayor's Representative

City of Houston Police Officers' Pension System

(Investment Management industry)

January 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 6 months)

- Served as appointed trustee on 7-member board of a public employees pension fund, entrusted with the stewardship of a $2.5 billion diversified investment portfolio. As a member of the investment committee. I worked with the investment staff to interview money managers, consultants, and other service providers, as well as to conduct due diligence site visits prior to making investment allocations ranging from $50 million to $250 million.
- Began an active involvement in trustee training and fiduciary education.
- Invested in the formation of the Fiduciary Training Institute, the Foundation of Advanced Fiduciary Education and Empowerment, and the National association of Investment Fiduciaries to serve the BUY-side Community.
- Served an invited speaker and moderator of investor panels made up of experts at major institutional investment conferences being held worldwide.
Managing Director of Venture Capital Firm

PCM&C Group, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 1992 — December 1998 (6 years 4 months)
Chairman of Non-Partisan Political Organization

Asian-American Coalition

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Fund-Raising industry)

June 1996 — May 1998 (2 years)
Elected Vice-President of Community Association

Vietnamese American Community Association of Houston and Vicinity

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

January 1988 — January 1994 (6 years 1 month)
VP of Investments and Director of Investor Education of Public Investment Firm

Legg Mason, Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LM; Investment Management industry)

September 1989 — September 1992 (3 years 1 month)
Vice President of Investments of Wall Street Investment Bank (Registered Representative and Trainee)

Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

June 1986 — September 1989 (3 years 4 months)
Summer Intern and Recruited Trainee for Executive Management Training Program

Procter & Gamble Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

June 1983 — June 1986 (3 years 1 month)

Qui Vuong’s Education

Princeton University

BSE in Civil Engineering , Operations Research & Financial Engineering Department , 1980 — 1984

Senior Thesis on "Quantitative Methods for Test Marketing Consumer Products," researched and written through Summer interships with Procter & Gamble Company.

Activities and Societies:

Class of 1939 Scholar, Thomas Wilson Scholar, Asian-American Student Association, International Students Center, Class of 1984 Secretary-Treasurer, Member of the Ivy Club, Student Manager of Campus Security Work-Study Program, Governor of Asian-American Alumni Association of Princeton, Volunteer Member of the Princeton Prize In Race Relations Task Force.

Additional Information

Qui Vuong’s Websites:

Qui Vuong’s Interests:

Meeting new people; learning from everyone; exchanging ideas & sharing insights from personal experience; empowering fellow entrepreneurs/visionaries; demystifying false beliefs with counter-conventional thinking; exploiting the power of new ideas; financing innovation and disruptive technology; assembling great teams to build everlasting enterprises with vision & passion; striving for a better tomorrow, helping humanity, and eliminating suffering of any form. Activism and Volunteerism | Enlightened Wealth Management | Pioneering Thinking & Adaptive Investment Positioning | Strategic Consulting | Tactical Asset Allocation | "Early Adopter" Investing & Capital Raising | Next Generation Portfolio Architecture | Portable Alpha | Synthetic Replication | Risk/Reward Asymmetricalization & Performance Enhancement | Cost Recapture & Time Savings | Global Branding | Consumer Satisfaction Experience | Investor Education | Fiduciary Empowerment | Philanthropy, Humanitarian & Community Service.

Qui Vuong’s Groups:

National Association of Investment Fiduciaries, TEXPERS, NCPERS, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, Asian-American Coalition, Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO), The Ivy Club, Asian-American Alumni Association of Princeton University, Princeton Class of 1984, Lions Clubs International., Fellow Invited Speakers at various Hedge Fund Conferences & met you during your PRINCO days, Fellow Princeton Alumns, LinkedIn LIONS