James Eric Francis

Mr. James E.
Francis is a Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer at Paradigm Asset Management Co. LLC.
He has guided Paradigm from business concept to implementation for more than 25 years.
He is responsible for the oversight and development of all of Paradigm’s strategies including its innovative proprietary ranking process AlphaMax.
Prior to founding Paradigm Asset Management Company, Mr. Francis was responsible for the development of an in-house business unit for Oppenheimer and Company designed to serve the needs of institutional investors in the area of investment management, cash management, and equity and fixed income trading for public and private accounts.
Previously, Mr. Francis was an executive with Shearson Lehman Hutton where he worked with the Consulting Services Division providing asset management consulting to the private and public market.
Mr. Francis was also responsible for national and international marketing for the IBM Corporation.
Mr. Francis received his B.A.
from Morehouse College.