Dave Gedeon is Head of Research and Development, Nasdaq Global Indexes. Gedeon is responsible for the index product management, development and research of Nasdaq Global Indexes, a leading global index provider that calculates more than 40,000 indexes spanning all major asset classes and geographies.
Under Gedeon’s direction, Nasdaq has launched thousands of indexes resulting in both innovative benchmarks and index-tracking products. Notable launches include the Nasdaq US All Market Family, the Nasdaq Multi-Asset Family, the Nasdaq Commodity Index Family. Gedeon was also instrumental in leading the expansion of the Nasdaq Dividend AchieversTM brand.
Gedeon holds a B.A. in economics from Denison University.

Sal is Chief Investment Officer at IndexIQ, where his primary responsibility includes developing and maintaining the firm’s investment strategies. Sal joined IndexIQ in 2007 from Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) where he held a number of senior positions. Most recently at DeAM, Sal was a Director and Portfolio Manager for a U.S. large cap core equity mutual fund. The fund’s strategy combined traditional fundamental equity research with a multi factor quantitative model in a disciplined, risk managed process.
Prior to becoming Portfolio Manager, Sal was the Head of Advanced Quantitative Research at DeAM. Sal directed the quantitative research effort to support numerous products, including quantitative equity strategies, global asset allocation, passive risk-based alternative beta portfolios, and probabilistic efficient frontiers. He also co-developed the strategy to combine fundamental and quantitative research into a single portfolio. This strategy became widely used to manage several equity strategies within DeAM, including the mutual fund for which Sal would subsequently become a portfolio manager.
Sal earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Economics from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is a member of the NYSSA and the CFA Institute. Sal also teaches Portfolio Construction at Fordham University. He holds the Series 7 and Series 63 licenses.

After 45 years on Wall Street as a renowned stock market expert and among the early developers of computerized trading systems and tools for both retail and institutional investors and traders, Marc Chaikin founded Chaikin Analytics LLC in 2009 to deliver proven stock analytics to financial service professionals and individual investors. Money managers, investors and traders use Chaikin Analytics to make more money with less risk.
The centerpiece of Chaikin Analytics is the Chaikin Power Gauge, a 20-factor alpha model, proven effective at identifying a stock’s potential over the next 3-6 months. The Power Gauge is unique in that it’s the only model that combines fundamental and technical indicators. NASDAQ recently launched three NASDAQ Chaikin co-branded indexes* based on the Chaikin Power Gauge, which are all out-performing their benchmarks.
A Wall Street trader, stockbroker, analyst and former head of an options department, Marc Chaikin created the Chaikin Power Gauge as well as three technical trading indicators, the widely used Chaikin Oscillator, the Chaikin Accumulation/Distribution Indicator and the Chaikin Money Flow. Chaikin's indicators are industry standards, found on most trading platforms in the world. Chaikin also pioneered the first real-time analytics workstation for institutional money managers and trading desks, now part of Thomson Reuters' institutional workstation.
Marc appears on CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business News and is a contributor to NASDAQ, Forbes and MarketWatch.

Mannik S. Dhillon serves as President of VictoryShares and Solutions for Victory Capital. In this role, he leads and oversees the firm’s exchange-traded and solutions business. He is also responsible for setting the strategy and initiating the development and implementation of Victory’s strategic beta-based offerings. Additionally, he manages the solutions provided by our investment franchises, which includes product enhancements, extensions and innovations designed to best meet the needs of clients. Mr. Dhillon also contributes to the evaluation of capabilities of potential new franchises as part of the firm’s acquisition strategy.
Prior to joining Victory Capital in 2015, Mr. Dhillon served as a Managing Director and Head of Manager Research with Wilshire Associates. While there, he led the team responsible for evaluating asset managers for inclusion in Wilshire’s multi-manager portfolios. He was also in charge of leading strategic consulting engagements for Wilshire. Mr. Dhillon has a strong background on the institutional consulting side of the business, where he spent nine years as a manager research and defined contribution consultant with Hewitt before joining Wilshire in 2010.
Mr. Dhillon earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Georgia. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.

Scott Kefer is a senior portfolio manager for NewBridge Asset Management and a member of the Large Cap Growth portfolio management team. In addition to his role with NewBridge, which is a Victory Capital investment franchise, Scott lends his 24 years of active management expertise and insight to the firm’s ETF platform, VictoryShares.
He joined Victory Capital in 1999 with six years of prior investment experience. Previously, he held a similar position in the Campbell, Cowperthwait division of U.S Trust Company.
Mr. Kefer holds a Bachelor of Science in business management from Skidmore College and is a CFA charterholder.

Cameron Lilja is the Director of Product Development for Nasdaq Global Information Services. He is responsible for the development of innovative, market-leading indexes, including the research and content generation necessary to support a successful index launch. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at industry events, discussing topics from smart beta to stock buybacks. Cameron previously served as a Senior Analyst for Nasdaq’s Economic and Statistical Research team where he had the opportunity to advise all Nasdaq business lines while working on initiatives in the U.S. and Europe to improve market structure, encourage capital formation, and enhance trading efficiency.
Prior to joining Nasdaq, Cameron worked as a research analyst at Economists Incorporated and RBB Economics. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Economics from Dickinson College.