Gregory P. Francfort, Managing Director, rejoined the firm in 2009. Greg is a Senior Portfolio Manager for the Messinger Group and before that served as the Director of Global Equity Research since November 2009. Greg had previously retired from Neuberger Berman in 2004 to manage personal investments and to teach security analysis at Columbia Business School. He was a Portfolio Manager in the Straus Group from 1994 to 2004 and prior to that served as the firm’s Director of Research. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Greg was the Associate Director of Equity Research and a technology stock analyst at First Boston Corporation where he was an Institutional Investor All-Star analyst in two industries. Greg earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University, summa cum laude, and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School.