Jeff Kauffman
Managing Director

Jeffrey A. Kauffman joined Sterne Agee in July 2009, as a Managing Director, and the lead Research Analyst for the Transportation, Services and Equipment group.  Mr. Kauffman has 20 years of experience in both the capital markets and transportation-related investment space.  Prior to Sterne, Jeff was the founder and Managing Partner of Siren Capital Management, LLC in 2007, a NYC-based hedge fund.  Prior to forming Siren Capital, from 2004 to 2007, Mr. Kauffman was an Analyst/Portfolio Manager for Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, a $3 billion NYC-based hedge fund.  From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Kauffman was an Analyst for Omega Advisors, a $2B hedge fund, focusing on the industrial and consumer cyclical sectors. Previous to Omega, Mr. Kauffman was the lead North American Freight and Logistics Equity Research Analyst and Global Logistics Coordinator for Merrill Lynch, where he worked from 1994 to 2001. While at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Kauffman was consistently recognized as a leading analyst by the Institutional Investor, Greenwich, and Wall Street Journal research polls, ranking in the top 3 in all three polls, and had been recognized as the #1 analyst in his industries, in both the Greenwich and WSJ polls.  Mr. Kauffman has also worked for Sanford C. Bernstein; Fulcrum Global Partners; and Alex. Brown and Sons.

Mr. Kauffman is a current Board Member for the Reese Fund at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.  He received his MBA from the Kelly Graduate School of Business at Indiana University in 1993, and was conferred his BS in Accounting from Indiana University in 1989.