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The goal of the MS Futures Group is to facilitate the widest possible development and deployment of beneficial science and technology.


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cyber head image Melanie Swan, the principal of MS Futures Group, is a researcher and hedge fund manager based in Silicon Valley. Ms. Swan's educational background includes an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a BA in French and Economics from Georgetown University and recent coursework in physics, computer science and nanotechnology.

Ms. Swan's career has focused on finance, research, and entrepreneurship, including founding a technology startup company, GroupPurchase, which aggregated small business buying groups. She was Director of Research at Telecoms Consultancy RHK/Ovum and previously held management and finance positions at iPass in Silicon Valley, J.P. Morgan in New York, Fidelity in Boston and Arthur Andersen in Los Angeles.

Ms. Swan has served as an advisor and consultant to several technology companies and is active in the community promoting science, technology and opportunities for women. She delivers the Traders Pit simulation to groups including the Expanding Your Horizons math and science conference, is the former Treasurer of San Francisco-based non-profit Equal Rights Advocates, an Advisory Board member of the Accelerating Studies Foundation and co-moderator of the Philadelphia and Boulder Future Salons, free monthly events discussing science and technology innovations and their implications. Ms. Swan speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese.


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