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Prior to forming the Investment Manager, Mr. DeGiacinto was the Head of Mortgage Trading for Tower Research Capital LLC from December 2008 through December 2010. From July 2002 through March 2008, he was a Vice President in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities group at Goldman Sachs & Co. with responsibility for the hybrid and adjustable rate mortgage trading businesses, in both primary and secondary markets. Mr. DeGiacinto’s duties at Goldman included securitization and retention of levered credit risk and convexity risk backed by adjustable rate and negatively amortizing residential mortgages. He was also responsible for running the residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) credit book for all prime, alt-A and negatively amortizing structures. Mr. DeGiacinto received his MBA in Finance and Statistics from the Wharton School of Business. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army in the 25th Infantry Division (Hawaii) from 1995 to 2000 after completing the U.S. Army Ranger School, Airborne School and Air Assault Course. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.