Mr. Ays joined LL Funds in June 2012 to focus on building systems for trade operations and portfolio monitoring. He currently focuses on fixed income trading. Prior to LL Funds, he was an AVP at Credit Suisse, responsible for the valuation of the bank’s non-agency RMBS trading inventory. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Ays spent three years at the Markit Group (IHS Markit) as the lead operations analyst for data and evaluated pricing initiatives within fixed income. In 2005, Mr. Ays started his career as a member of the portfolio and securitization team at American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation. He holds a BS degree in Finance from the University of Scranton and is a CFA charterholder.