Elias Katz

Prior to co-founding HFH, Mr. Katz was a Director of Deutsche Bank Securities (1994–1998) and a founding member of the Mortgage Securities Department where he developed staffing and departmental proprietary analytic systems.
During his tenure, Mr. Katz managed a highly profitable mortgage-backed securities proprietary trading account as well as assisted in building and managing the firm’s franchise loan origination and trading account and served as a member of the loan committee responsible for reviewing and approving all franchise loan originations.
Prior to Deutsche, Mr. Katz was with Daiwa Securities (1991–1994) in a specialty group focused on the sales of high yielding mortgage securities.
Mr. Katz began his career in the fixed income department of Salomon Brothers (1982–1990) where he pioneered work with some of the earliest fixed income analytics.
Mr. Katz received a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Tufts University in 1976, an MS in Environmental Engineering from University of North Carolina in 1978 and an MBA in Finance from University of California.