David Victor Keller

                                          Vice President and Co-Founder

David  Keller, CFA  is  a   Vice  President  at  BlackRock  where  he  is  a senior member of the  Portfolio Analytics Group. During the financial crisis Mr. Keller  was involved  in some of the most historic and unprecedented transactions of our time. Most  notably,  Mr.  Keller  was  a  member  of a small team tasked with establishment of the Maiden  Lane  facility  in  2008 on  behalf  of  the  Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB-NY). Maiden Lane, LLC was created to facilitate the merger of JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) and Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (Bear  Stearns)  by  purchasing    approximately  $30 billion  in assets from  the  mortgage  desk  at Bear Stearns. David  spent  the  following five years working closely with the Portfolio Management Group on management and subsequent disposition of the portfolio resulting in $2.88n gain to the FRB-NY.

Mr. Keller graduated Suma Cum Laude from the George Washington University with a  degree  in  Finance  and  Economics. He also holds the Certified Financial Analyst designation and  is a member  of  the  CFA Institute (CFAI) and New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA).

Mr. Keller was born in Krakow, Poland and at the very young age travelled widely throughout Europe to participate in Art Symposia organized by the European Community. At the age of five, he was accepted by the Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Music Academy in Krakow, Poland where he underwent rigorous training as a concert pianist under the wings of world-renowned faculty. Mr. Keller also had a successful singing career, having recorded three albums, and made numerous music videos, public performances, and television appearances by age eleven.