Brendan Cooper
Brendan is head of InterSec’s analytics group and has overall responsibility for the provision of InterSec's U.S. performance measurement services. He ensures InterSec’s services are of the highest standards in the industry in terms of accuracy and timeliness. Brendan and his staff track thousands of portfolios and provide standard and ad-hoc performance analytics to all segments of the international investment industry. His understanding of international markets is a key value added for InterSec clients. Brendan spent much of his childhood overseas, living in Singapore, Thailand, and Japan. Living abroad for many years greatly influenced Brendan's interest in world affairs and was part of the reason that he studied history and economics at Boston College. Brendan spent three years as an analyst at Effron Enterprises prior to joining InterSec. He has twelve years of investment experience.
brendan.cooper@intersecresearch.com

Jerry Decembre
Jerry is a research analyst in InterSec's research group. Prior to joining InterSec, Jerry was an investment analyst with General Electric. As a member of the investment analyst team, he completed and led collateral reviews across several industries for prospective and current clients funded by GE Capital. Prior to this, Jerry was an analyst with GE Asset Management within the mutual fund client servicing team. At GE Asset Management he focused on servicing high net worth retail mutual fund clients. While at GE Asset Management, Jerry obtained his Series 7 Registered Representative & Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent State Law Licenses. Prior to joining GE Asset Management, Jerry was accepted into a graduate training program at Marsh of Marsh & McLennan Companies as a risk analyst. Jerry holds a BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut and has 3 years investment experience.
jerry.decembre@intersecresearch.com

Neil Fox
Neil is a senior analyst in InterSec's analytics group. He uses his extensive performance measurement experience to manage InterSec's proprietary performance analytics databases, allowing for timely and accurate reporting on client portfolios and comparative peer universes. His understanding of international markets and consultative interpretation of investment performance is a key value added for InterSec clients. Prior to joining InterSec, Neil co-authored retrospective studies on the performance of patients and rehabilitation regiments at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York. Neil turned his research skills toward performance measurement of international investments and joined InterSec Research in 1997. Neil earned a BS from the State University of New York and has twelve years of investment experience.
neil.fox@intersecresearch.com

Sean H. McCoy
Sean is an analytics and research consultant. He focuses on developments and trends in the cross-border investments of U.S institutions. Through comprehensive analysis of quantitative and qualitative data collected from the marketplace, Sean and the research team continuously monitor product offerings, asset flows, and new business winnings that play a key role in InterSec's industry reviews and related research reports. Prior to joining InterSec, Sean was a global equity research specialist at Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC. As a member of Rocaton's research team, he primarily focused on equity manager research across the market capitalization and style boxes. Prior to this, Sean was accepted into a Dublin-based graduate training program at Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited (“BIAM”). He returned to BIAM's Connecticut office to join the sales and client servicing team that was primarily responsible for U.S. plan sponsors invested in BIAM's international equity products. Sean holds a BA from Fairfield University and has nine years of investment experience.
sean.mccoy@intersecresearch.com

Jennifer Pittman
Jennifer is a research analyst in InterSec's research group. She comes to InterSec after two years as an investment consulting analyst for Rogerscasey, focusing on the defined contribution market. As a member of the consulting practice, she completed performance evaluations, portfolio analytics, and wrote fund and market commentary for clients across all asset classes. She also participated in asset manager research, evaluation, placement, and replacement. Prior to joining Rogerscasey, Jennifer was an analyst at RBS in the collateralized mortgage obligation group where she worked with CMO, agency, and commercial mortgage backed traders from security origination and initial fundings, through settlement of daily trades. She holds a BA from Dartmouth in with a major in Sociology and a minor in History and has 3 years investment experience.
jennifer.pittman@intersecresearch.com

Jeffrey Stenhouse
Jeff is a performance analyst in InterSec's analytics group. He is responsible for analyzing performance data, monitoring client portfolios, updating asset manager characteristics, and uncovering underlying trends within InterSec's proprietary performance analytics databases. Jeff also responds to ad-hoc client requests and participates in the creation and delivery of client presentations and research reports. He joined InterSec Research in 2003 after earning his BA in business administration from Western Connecticut State University. Jeff has six years of investment experience.
jeffrey.stenhouse@intersecresearch.com