APMP Team Members
The team members listed below are the individuals who play an active role in the continued success of APMP in the School of Business and Economics.
Aaron Pietila
Team: Silver
Major: Finance
Hometown: Brighton, MI
"The applied portfolio management program is a great way to gain valuable experience managing money while working in a team setting.”
Alec Hamer
Team: Gold
Major: Economics
Hometown: Mahtomedi, MN
"I decided to participate in APMP to learn."
Anna Paul
Team: Silver
Major: Economics
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
"APMP provides the opportunity to gain valuable experience, with a balance of guidance and the ability to choose our own philosophy and strategies. Students work on diverse teams and gain strong verbal and written communication skills along the way."
Cameron Long
Team: Gold
Major: Finance
Hometown: Coldwater, MI
"APMP is a crash course in sales, marketing, and working as a team, not to mention the actual analysis and portfolio management. It's a great experience that will benefit us in our professional careers.
Cody Renard
Team: Silver
Major: Economics
Hometown: Algoma, WI
“APMP provides a real life experience to apply the tools we learn in the classroom and work with a group of students to manage a portfolio at a professional level.”
Cole Nichols
Team: Black
Major: Finance
Hometown: Houghton, MI
“Being part of APMP is a great opportunity to bridge the gap between college expectations and real world expectations.”
Eli Karttunen
Team: Black
Major: Economics
Hometown: Houghton, MI
"I'm very excited about this phenomenal opportunity to have a hand on learning experience in the fast paced world of finance. The real life nature of APMP brings many more things into play and raises the bar for performance."
Isaac Yao
Team: Silver
Major: M.S. in Applied Natural Resource Economics
Hometown: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
"APMP is not only managing portfolio over one million dollars, but also providing a real world experience, giving more skills to deal with high level of risks and discipline in decision making into a teamwork."
Jessi Sagner
Team: Gold
Major: Finance and a Global Business Minor
Hometown: Marquette, MI
"Being part of APMP allows me to get hands on, real life, professional experience. Managing a portfolio as a team has been the most valuable experience I have had at Tech."
Jessica Zaiki
Team: Silver
Major: Finance
Hometown: Ripon, WI
“In addition to broadening my finance knowledge, APMP has given me a real world perspective in investing, working with a team, and building client relationships.”
Justin Wilson
Team: Black
Major: Finance
Hometown: Standish, MI
“APMP is the experience I always wanted, it is a great honor to be a member and I have learned so much already, one can only hope to learn more!”
Mahmoodreza Modirroosta
Team: Gold
Major: M.S. in Applied Natural Resource Economics
Hometown: Karaj, Iran
“Being a member of APMP is a great opportunity to learn, practice and develop the necessary skills to prepare for my career.”
Mark Jakupcik
Team: Gold
Major: Finance
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
"I'm feeling optimistic and looking forward to improving my investment analysis skills."
Penny-Qianni Peng
Team: Black
Major: Finance
Hometown: Chenzhou, China
“APMP has enriched my learning experience and provides me lots of chance to take challenges. The program also helps me to develop my professional skills and gain real world experience in managing a portfolio. I will benefit in my future career from APMP.”
Ploy-Thanyalak Suthijindawong
Team: Black
Major: M.S. in Applied Natural Resource Economics
Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
“Being part of the APMP team has been a great learning experience and helped me to develop professionally and gain real world experience in managing a portfolio."
Rich-Ruixi Jiang
Team: Black
Major: Finance
Hometown: Huizhou City, China
"APMP is more like a family than a curriculum, I enjoy the time."
Shawn Peterson
Team: Silver
Major: Management and Finance
Hometown: Negaunee, MI
“The reason I joined the APMP is because I think it is a great opportunity that not everyone has the opportunity to take advantage of, it gives you more hands on experience in the financial world and helps me truly understand investing more than a classroom ever has.”
Steve Miodonski
Team: Black
Major: Finance
Hometown: Algonac, MI
“Being in APMP gives me the opportunity to gain hands on experience and knowledge of being a portfolio manager. This experience in APMP will prove to be an irreplaceable asset in my future careers.”
Walker Derby
Team: Gold
Major: Finance, International German Minor
Hometown: Ishpeming, MI
“The APMP program is one of the primary reasons for my joining the Finance program at Tech. The program itself has already surpassed any and all expectations I had and has drastically increased my financial knowledge. I look forward to the continuing experience.”
Weixiang Chan
Team: Gold
Major: Finance and Marketing
Hometown: Chenzhou, Hunan, China
“I think Dean is a good teacher and APMP provide an opportunity to practice the knowledge what I learned in Investment and Derivative.”
Wenjing Wang
Team: Silver
Major: Finance
Hometown: Chongqing, China
“APMP equips me an excellent experience to understand more about the real financial market not only for book studies! Should be a wonderful experience in my life.”
