Doug Lyon, CFA
President and Chief Investment Officer
A native of Rochester, NY, Doug has provided financial management services to individuals and corporations for over 30 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in history from Wake Forest University and a Masters in Business Administration from Wake Forest’s Babcock Graduate School of Management. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
After graduation Doug purchased a medical services firm from a local hospital. He managed it, upgraded it and sold it at a profit. He then moved into the investment management business as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for a local bank. He left the bank and, after a brief stint in the business consulting arena, founded Lyon Capital Management in 1994.
Outside work Doug is an active community volunteer and board member offering his financial expertise to his church and other not-for-profit organizations. He enjoys golf and competes in local amateur tournaments. He enjoys hiking and biking and is a fan of guitar (especially blues) music.
Kate Lyon, CFP
Chief Compliance Officer
Kate oversees regulatory matters for the firm. She provides client account service and responds to financial planning questions. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and has been a member of the Financial Planning Association for over 15 years.
Kate was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in Naples, Florida. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Wake Forest University. After graduation Kate worked in the health-science and computer technology fields. In 1989 she established and successfully operated her own technical writing business, Key Compositions, Inc. In 1994 she helped to co-found Lyon Capital Management.
Outside work, Kate is a dedicated and accomplished community volunteer and board member. Her focus is education for at-risk and disabled children. In her free time she enjoys swimming, biking, playing the piano, and fiber arts of all kinds.
John Lyon, CFA
Portfolio Manager
John is a client portfolio manager. He provides investment research, analysis and trading expertise. He also supports certain operations and compliance matters.
John holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Colgate University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. John also has over a decade of investment management experience.
After graduating from Colgate, John worked as an analyst with a Rochester-based investment advisor and then for Ned Davis Research, a national investment research firm where he authored publications on the Financials sector. He acquired investment risk management experience with Analytic Investors, a Los Angeles-based quantitative asset manager. As an MBA student he interned with Sirios Capital, a Boston-based hedge fund and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, a Chicago-based value-oriented asset manager. After obtaining his MBA he worked for Algebris Investments, a Boston-based value-oriented asset manager where he focused on the Financials sector.
Outside of work, John enjoys weightlifting, golf, playing guitar, baseball (especially Red Sox games at Fenway Park), hiking and traveling. He enjoys spending time with his wife Sam, their daughter and their two dogs. Together they support and volunteer with SASS (Safe and Sound Satos) an animal support organization dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding forever homes for the abused and neglected street dogs of Puerto Rico.
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