Our Bios | "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
-- John Wooden UCLA Coaching Legend | 
| Cynthia Harrington, CFA, CFE
Principal
Cynthia Harrington & Associates LLC
Clients seek the industry expertise of principal coach Cynthia Harrington who is regarded as a prominent authority in the investment field. She has thirty years experience in asset management and is an award winning journalist.
As founder and principal, Cynthia uses a coaching process that helps clients grow within their work context, focusing primarily on high performance individuals in finance and entrepreneurs in fast growth trajectories. At CHA, Cynthia works with clients to design a program to close the gap between their current situation and their stated goal. She achieves measurable success with coaching clients with 100% meeting or exceeding goals.
| Harrington is cited for her work on hedge fund due diligence and customized risk measures in Investment Performance Measurement: Evaluating and Presenting Results:
"This volume contains the insights of more than fifty prominent authorities on performance measurement. It is a must–have, must–read book for anyone involved in measuring, analyzing, or explaining investment results."
—John Schlifske, CFA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Russell Investments
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| Previously, she founded and managed Harrington Capital Management, an SEC-registered large cap value manager; her firm followed a large cap value style, using a market behavioral model for timing of purchases and sales. Cynthia also advised the high net worth and small institution market at Piper Jaffray and Bear Stearns before founding Harrington Capital Management.
Cynthia is a distinguished thought leader in behavioral finance. Her article “Common Hedge Fund Biases” has accomplished the 4th most read entry at Finance Professionals’ Post of the NY Society Security Analysts. She was also on the Board of the Applied Behavioral Finance Group, a special interest group affiliated with CFALA. Within ABFG, she was active in attracting speakers who are doing original research in behavioral finance and neuroeconomics. She holds the designation of chartered financial analyst (CFA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
An award winning journalist, she has thoroughly researched the firm's target coaching segments, and interviewed thousands of leaders in the respective field such as the two Nobel prize winners, Vernon Smith and William Sharpe, for articles on behavioral finance and retirement planning, respectively, for CFA Magazine. Over four hundred of her articles appear in publications such as CFA Magazine, Fraud Magazine, Accounting Today, Financial Engineering News, and Journal of Accountancy. Her article "The Value Proposition of Sarbanes Oxley" was cited by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Accountancy as one of the best articles of 2005.
She is co-author of the CFA Program textbook Corporate Finance, and also wrote the self study course "Financial Statement Fraud" for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Cynthia's feature articles on behavioral finance were well received. "Beyond Belief: Pioneering Insights into Behavioral Finance" appeared in Sept.-Oct. 2003; and "Best Behavior" in March 2006, in CFA Magazine.
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| Jane Martin, PHD
Consultant and Founder
Thinkworks
Atlanta, GA
A strategic executive consultant, Jane Martin has 25 years demonstrated experience in the development of both private and public organizations and their people. She is a recognized subject matter expert in the areas of strategic planning and systems analysis. A certified Malcom Baldrige assessor, she has helped numerous organizations realize significant improvements in operational performance, business development, recruiting and retention and client satisfaction.
Jane’s expertise also encompasses the more personal aspects of organization effectiveness to include: leadership development, performance management and succession planning. Her training programs and workshops have been delivered worldwide across all populations in both classroom and technical delivery.
Most noteworthy is Jane’s ability to connect and understand the needs of people at all levels of an organization. She is equally at ease in the field or on the production line as she is in the corporate board room. Her ability to accurately identify and link the critical needs of people at every level of the organization to the company’s strategic goals is a recognized differentiator. Her in depth knowledge of measurement and analysis ensures that every new initiative realizes its intended outcome. In addition, she has lent her expertise to the development, training and consulting of strategic sales and marketing initiatives. She has served as consultant to three international sales training organizations and assisted clients in winning significant opportunities worldwide.
A Colonel in the Air Force Reserve Command, Jane has personally designed, staffed and deployed critical worldwide initiatives for both the Reserve and active duty components of the Air Force and the Department of Defense. Her senior command experience has contributed significantly to her role as an advisor to both public and private senior leaders. She is highly regarded for both her business acumen and focus on delivering measurable, relevant outcomes.
Jane holds advanced degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organization Development. She has lent her expertise to the development and deployment of major initiatives within the Federal Quality Institute, the President’s Council on Quality and the Center for Creative Leadership.
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