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candidate for the CFA.
QMA
Ted Lockwood is a portfolio manager for the AST Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolios and a Managing Director of QMA. Previously,
Mr. Lockwood was with AT&T and a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Lockwood graduated summa cum
laude with a BE in Engineering from Stony Brook University and received an MS in Engineering and an MBA in Finance from
Columbia University.
Marcus Perl, is a portfolio manager for the AST Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolios and a Vice President of QMA. He focuses on the
quantitative modelling of asset allocation strategies, financial market research, and the formulation of investment strategy. Prior to
joining Prudential in October 2000, Mr. Perl was Vice President at FX Concepts where he was responsible for market risk modelling,
performance analytics, and statistical research. He also worked as an Associate at Wilshire Associates. Mr. Perl holds an MA in
Finance from the Warsaw School of Economics, an MA in Econometrics from California State University Long Beach, and an MA in
Economics from the University of Southern California.
Edward L. Campbell, CFA, is a portfolio manager for the AST Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolios and a Senior Associate at QMA. He
focuses on global macroeconomic and financial market research and the formulation of investment strategy. Prior to rejoining
Prudential in August 2003, Mr. Campbell spent three years with Trilogy Advisors LLC, a $5 billion asset management firm. He also
previously worked as a senior investment manager research analyst with Prudential Securities and PI. Mr. Campbell is a member of
the New York Society of Securities Analysts and the CFA Institute. He received a BS in Economics and International Business from The
City University of New York and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Edward F. Keon, Jr. is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for QMA, as well as a member of the asset allocation team and the
investment committee. In addition to portfolio management, Ed contributes to investment strategy, research and portfolio
construction. Ed has also served as Chief Investment Strategist and Director of Quantitative Research at Prudential Equity Group, LLC,
where he was a member of the firm’s investment policy committee and research recommendation committee. Ed’s prior experience
was as Senior Vice President at I/B/E/S International Inc. Ed is a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Quantitative
Alliance and sits on the Membership Committee of the Institute of Quantitative Research in Finance (Q-Group). He holds a BS in
industrial management from the University of Massachusetts/Lowell and an MS in Finance and Marketing from the Sloan School of
Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
AST Federated Aggressive Growth Portfolio
The portfolio managers responsible for management of the Federated Equity portion of the Portfolio are Aash M. Shah, Lawrence
Auriana, Hans P. Utsch and John Ettinger. Mr. Shah joined Federated Equity’s parent company in 1993, has been a Portfolio Manager
since 1995, and has been a Vice President of the parent company since January 1997. Mr. Shah served as an Assistant Vice President
of the parent company from 1995 through 1996. He and Mr. Utsch are Co-Heads of Federated Global’s Kaufman Investment Area.
They joined Federated Global’s parent company in April 2001. Mr. Auriana was the portfolio manager of The Kaufmann Fund, from
1985 to 2001. From 1984 to 2001, he was the President and Treasurer of Edgemont Asset Management Corp., the adviser to The
Kaufmann Fund. Mr. Auriana has been engaged in the securities business since 1965. Mr. Utsch has managed the portfolio since May
2002. Mr. Utsch was the portfolio manager of The Kaufmann Fund, from 1985 to 2001. From 1984 to 2001, he was Chairman of the
Board and Secretary of Edgemont Asset Management Corp. Mr. Utsch has been engaged in the securities business since 1962. Mr.
Ettinger was named a portfolio manager of the Portfolio in May 2004. Mr. Ettinger has been an investment analyst with Federated
Equity’s parent company since April 2001. He served as an investment analyst with Edgemont Asset Management Corp. from 1996 to
2001.
AST FI Pyramis ® Asset Allocation Portfolio
Mark Friebel is Senior Vice President and Head of Asset Allocation at Pyramis Global Advisors, a unit of Fidelity Investments and
portfolio manager for AST FI Pyramis® Asset Allocation Portfolio. Prior to joining Pyramis, Mark was head of the asset allocation and
product strategy group at Barclays Global Investors, N.A., (BGI) San Francisco. As BGI’s principal asset allocation strategist, he led
development of a broad range of new asset allocation products employing commodity, currency, overlay, and custom alpha/beta
strategies, including the firm’s first lifecycle product, which he designed in the mid-1990s. Mark earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in Political Science from Santa Clara University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in
International Management from Thunderbird Global School of Management. He holds the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(formerly NASD) Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.
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