Verne Scazzero President and CEO Verne oversees the strategic direction of the suburban Chicago based Investment Valuation firm that he co-founded in 1994. He leads the firm’s ongoing improvement of investment review and pricing processes and provides the vision for the development of Harvest’s new product offerings. He co-founded Harvest with the belief that ALL stakeholders in investment portfolios have the right to receive an unbiased valuation from a truly independent source. Diverse Market Perspective Before founding Harvest, Verne gained first-hand experience with determining investment prices from a buy side perspective. Verne managed a $1 billion diversified fixed income portfolio. In addition, Verne became an expert in financial reporting of valuations by building the systems required to support a variety of institutional investment management platforms. He has managed investment portfolios and performance reporting for banks, insurance companies, not-for-profits, broker/dealers, wrap firms, insurance companies, pension consultants, family offices and individuals. Verne is recognized as a leader and specialist in investment valuation field. He is regularly sought as a speaker and panelist for his ability to make sense of market trends and complexity and relate them to the financial reporting world. The foundation for Verne’s expertise is built with strong academic background. He has earned High School Valedictorian honors, a BA from Cornell University in Economics and a Master’s Degree from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Verne is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).