Who We Are

Renny Ponvert founded Management CV because he saw a clear need to create a disciplined management evaluation system that combines the facts of quantitative analysis with expert research analysis. His experience in acquisitions due diligence and working with buy-side portfolio managers and trader clients convinced him that "quality of management" was an oft-cited key factor in determining investment decisions, but equally undefined as a disciplined process.

Renny began his career as an institutional mortgage-backed bond salesman and worked at the Value Line Investment Survey before going on to serve in a number of senior management roles at business information firms. He was the managing director for the Worldscope database at Primark before it was acquired by Thomson Financial in 2000.   He was a co-founder and CEO of DataJungle Software and most recently served as the President of Hemscott, Inc. until its sale in 2006.   He also led the private equity buy-out of Media General Financial Services in 2003 and subsequently served as the Company’s CEO.

In addition to his duties at Management CV, he currently serves on the advisory board of firstRain, an internet search filter pioneer.   He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland.

Advisory Board:

Logan Chandler, Partner, The Strategic Offsites Group
Logan, a co-founder of Strategic Offsites, has extensive experience in designing and facilitating strategy offsites for senior executive teams and Boards in a diverse range of industries, including financial services, technology, food service, professional services and manufacturing. He has an encyclopedic mind for management theory and practice. His areas of expertise include strategy formulation and execution, strategic alignment and growth best practices. He is a co-author of Off-Sites that Work in the June 2006 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Logan previously practiced corporate law for several years with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher in New York. He has a BA and a MBA from Penn and a JD from Northwestern.

Jim Lonergan
Jim Lonergan is the former President & COO of TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM), a leading Internet and media company. He has spent many years building financial information businesses that target both professional and retail investors with a focus on product development, operational execution, sales and marketing, and leveraging technology. Jim Lonergan has a very successful track record in creating shareholder value through his deep understanding of the Internet subscription and advertising business models. He has held leadership roles over the years as COO of Worldly Information Network, COO of Thomson Financial Corporate, and COO of Technimetrics. Jim also spent a number of years working on the buyside for Alliance Capital and SunAmerica Asset Management in both a sales and investment decision process roles. He has a BA in Political Science from Villanova and an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University.

Alison Mackey, PhD, Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University
Alison is an Assistant Professor of Management at CalPoly’s Ofalea College of Business in San Luis Obispo, CA. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School.  Alison teaches and conducts research in the areas of strategic management, executive labor markets, and corporate social responsibility. She has had her research published in top academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review . Her research on CEOs and executive labor markets was recently recognized by the Academy of Management Business Policy and Strategy Division as one of the most promising academic contributions from young scholars.  Alison's 2005 working paper "How Much Do CEOs Influence Firm Performance - Really?" was a formative part of Renny’s idea for Management CV and provides a meaningful and quantifiable attribution to the CEO factor in public companies.  Alison graduated with a BA in economics and an MBA from Brigham Young and then earned her PhD at The Ohio State University.

Gary Mitchell, J.D., Portfolio Manager
Gary is an active equity portfolio manager and analyst for an established investment advisory firm in Baltimore, Maryland. As an investment practitioner, he spends a good deal of his time evaluating public-company management teams and interacting directly with CEOs and CFOs. Gary is a self-described “process person” and is helping MCV refine our rigorous due diligence methodology for evaluating and analyzing public company management teams. His legal background is particularly valuable in understanding the complexities and nuances of SEC filings and the regulatory environment for public companies. Prior to joining his current investment advisory firm in 2005, Gary practiced law for thirteen years. He has served as a corporate attorney for two S&P 500 companies in New Jersey (Lucent Technologies and then C.R. Bard) with a particular focus on corporate, securities and regulatory law, as well as mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He previously practiced at the law firm Sidley & Austin (now Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood) in New York. Gary received an A.B. from Harvard College in Economics and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sever Totia, CFA, Principal, Edison Venture Fund
Sever joined Edison Venture Fund in 2008 and leads its investment initiatives in enterprise software and business services companies for the greater Washington metro area.   Previously Sever was a vice president with Lazard Technology Partners for seven years where he focused on enterprise software investments including areas such as next generation systems management, security, analytics, collaboration, mobility and on-demand applications.  Prior to Lazard, Sever was a product manager at Primark Corporation which was acquired by Thomson Financial.   He has substantial experience with early stage start-up firms and the structuring of entrepreneurial management teams for effective execution and success.  Sever is very active in the venture capital community as President of the Young Atlantic Venture Association, and he also serves on committees for MAVA, Deloitte & Touche Technology Venture Center (TVC), Maryland Incubator and National Sciences Foundation Tech Program. Sever holds a CFA charter and received a BS in Finance from Virginia Tech.   He lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland.