Bruce M. Zessar, CFA is a Managing Director of Advisory Research, Inc., a value-oriented investment firm with over $9 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2012. Advisory Research manages domestic and international equity strategies utilizing a bottom-up, internally-generated research process focused on providing superior risk-adjusted returns and downside protection. Prior to joining Advisory Research, Bruce was a co-founder and principal of Oasis Legal Finance, LLC, a specialty finance company. Bruce is a former partner in the law firm of Sidley Austin, where he practiced financial markets-related law, including securities, antitrust, and intellectual property. Bruce holds an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard University and a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School.back