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Chief Operating Officer

Greg is Chief Operating Officer and Founder of IndexIQ. Prior to founding IndexIQ, Greg was a successful entrepreneur and executive in operations, marketing and business development. He served as Director of Business Development for the Time Inc. Business and Finance Network, responsible for developing new business ventures for Fortune Magazine, Money Magazine, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, and the CNNMoney.com financial information portal. During Greg’s tenure at Time Inc., he also served as Director of Marketing Strategy and Brand Development for Time Inc.’s Fortune/Money Group, and was responsible for business, marketing and sales development for several major properties.

Greg previously served as Managing Director of McGovern Capital LLC, a private investment firm focused on private equity investments, global joint ventures, and intellectual property rights strategy.

In 1999, Greg co-founded SmartPortfolio.com, an equity research and financial information company, which became one of the leading companies on the Web for equity research, newsletters and financial information. The company was sold successfully to TheStreet.com in 2000. At TheStreet.com, Greg served as Director of Business Development and New Media, responsible for building new businesses and executing many of the company's strategic growth initiatives.

Greg began his career as a corporate and securities attorney at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he specialized in a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings, restructurings and joint ventures.

Greg was the recipient of the 1990 United States Young American Medal for Service. He received his B.S., with Honors, from Cornell University, where he was a John F. Kennedy Scholar, and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.