Bio
Michael R. Lippold, also known as Mike, CFA, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of FreshRealm, LLC. Michael Lippold undertakes a wide range of responsibilities that include identifying potential mergers and acquisitions, valuations, new product identification and assessment, and capital-markets outreach, among other duties. He is a food-industrySecurities Analyst. Michael Lippold served as the Director of Strategic Development of Calavo Growers Inc., Michael Lippold joined Calavo from Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, where he served as a Senior Research Analyst in the Consumer Sector since 2007. He also served as an Equity Analyst of Craig-Hallum Capital Group, Research Division. Michael Lippold spent seven years in the investment-management business before joining Craig-Hallum. Prior to that, he served as a Quantitative Portfolio Manager of Telluride Asset Management LLC, where he had oversight and traded a fundamental equity portfolio for two years. He served first as a Research Analyst and subsequently co-managed a small-cap stock portfolio with Rocket Capital Management LLC. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Michael Lippold earned his B.A. degree in Financial Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minn.