Founder and CIO of Vazirani Asset Management, an SEC registered investment adviser redefining the event-driven space. In this role, I am responsible for the firm’s portfolio management, trading and P&L generation. I’ve honed my analytical and quantitative methods over my more than 20 years of trading experience, I’ve come to see volatility as an asset class and appreciate the intricacies of the event-driven world. • Nasdaq market maker during the 2000 dot-com bubble • Trader on Lehman Brothers’ relative value proprietary trading desk • Proprietary trader on Deutsche Bank’s special situations equity derivatives desk through the 2008 Financial Crisis, generating outsized positive return