Prior to attending Marshall, he was a Manager in the audit and tax practices at Milam, Knecht & Warner, LLP and was involved in internal accounting support for a client IPO and accounting analyses for buyouts of client companies. Alex spent the summer with the Securities and Exchange Commission investigating mortgage REITs in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Alex is currently interning at Lionfish Advisors, a boutique investment bank. Alex holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles where he majored in Biochemistry and Business Economics. He will receive his MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in May 2009. Upon graduation, Alex plans to pursue a career in investment management and advisory.