Our Management Team

EquityKey Senior Management Team

Co-Founder/Managing Director, Eduardo Lombardi, CFP®
As one of EquityKey’s Co-Founders, Ed is in charge of business development strategy for EquityKey, which include all aspects of the origination platform and the funding of clients as well as product design and valuation. Ed also co-founded Centara Capital Management Group and serves as its Managing Director and Registered Principal. He and Centara Co-founder and Managing Director Derek Myron, along with Jeffrey Nash, were the architects of EquityKey in 2005. Prior to building Centara and developing EquityKey, Ed worked for Conquest Capital Group, a New York-based hedge fund that grew to $800 million in assets. Ed holds numerous professional designations including Certified Financial Planner Professional, Enrolled Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Chartered Life Underwriter, Accredited Mortgage Professional, and Broker, California Department of Real Estate. Ed earned a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Co-Founder/Managing Director, Jeffrey Nash
With a core background in financial derivative instruments valuation and trading, Jeff is in charge of risk management, valuation and portfolio design and contributes to business strategy and market expansion. Jeff, along with Ed Lombardi and Derek Myron, developed the EquityKey real estate option concept in 2005. Prior to developing EquityKey, Jeff was a partner with Conquest Capital Group, a New York-based hedge fund that he helped grow to over $800 million in assets under management. He has participated in a number of start-up and venture concerns in both the capital acquisition and operational phases. He worked for several years at Union Bank of Switzerland, beginning his career trading exotic currency derivatives for the bank and eventually managing the exotic currency derivatives portfolio and pricing operations for Asia. Jeff earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tom Cucinotta, Director of Analytics
Tom is in charge of systems, product and portfolio modeling as well as quantitative market analysis.  Prior to EquityKey, Tom was a senior analyst with KBC Bank, specializing in mortality based products in both real estate (reverse mortgage) and longevity focused (insurance) derivatives.  He managed analytics and provided modeling for product development and company initiatives at the product, portfolio structuring and business level.  Previously, Tom spent eight years in analytical roles with MBNA America Bank, N.A. rotating through various divisions including Business Development, Loss Prevention, and Marketing.  Tom earned a BA in Business Administration from Auburn University and a MBA from the Paul Merage School at the University of California – Irvine.


 
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