Rob has taken a vision first discussed back in late 2007 and turned it into Leebug. He is excited to be bringing social media tools and an innovative business plan to the events industry.
Rob, as a Partner, has spent the last five years developing the hedge fund networking website Hedge Connection. The company is an interactive portal for connecting hedge funds and hedge fund investors through its events and web platform.
Lisa, a 19 year veteran of the capital markets, is in charge of business development and making strategic partners for Leebug.
Lisa Vioni is the founder and President of Hedge Connection Inc. She began her career in sales in 1990 at Prudential Securities and later became Senior Vice President in Institutional Sales at Lehman Brothers Securities where she covered money managers, banks and hedge funds.
Ms Vioni left the sell side in 1998 to market hedge funds. She joined Singleterry & Company (S&C), a small start up MBS hedge fund and later joined Ellington Management Group (EMG), a billion plus MBS hedge fund as Director of Marketing. At S&C and EMG Ms. Vioni oversaw all aspects of client relationships including raising money, organizing small company conferences, developing marketing materials and client servicing.
In June of 2003, Ms Vioni launched Investment Management Resources (IMR), a company that hosts boutique conferences putting hedge funds and investors together in investor-intro events. In October 2004, the idea to create a web based investor-intro website was born. Ms. Vioni launched Hedge Connection in October 2005. Lisa also has produced three Broadway shows including Long Days Journey Into Night in 2003 for which she won a Tony Award.