About iMoneyNet
Management Staff
Randy Wood
Managing Director
Randy Wood has been with iMoneyNet since 1985, starting as an account executive. Over the years, Randy has held various positions within the organization including sales manager, vice president and director of operations. In Randy's current role as managing director, he is responsible for the development and implementation of the company's strategic direction as well as the day-to-day operations.
Randy is a graduate of North Adams State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management.
Mike Krasner
Managing Editor
Mike Krasner was promoted to managing editor of iMoneyNet effective Aug. 16, 2010, to lead its editorial team in producing relevant, compelling content about money-market mutual funds to inform its institutional and retail clients worldwide. Mike joined the company in February 1993 as public relations manager. He later managed its banking-data division which subsequently merged into Calabasas, Calif.-based Informa Research Services. Mike became an iMoneyNet editor in early 2001. His career prior to iMoneyNet included stints as a self-syndicated newspaper columnist, public relations manager for a cable news channel, and news management and reporting jobs at several television and radio stations.
Mike graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in journalism and economics.
Karen McAteer
AVP, Director of Statistics
Karen McAteer joined iMoneyNet in November 1994 as statistics manager. She leads a team of seasoned statisticians in daily collection and analysis of domestic and offshore money fund data. Karen has over 25 years of financial experience including financial analyst positions with Amerada Hess Corp. and E.F. Hutton, and manager of commodity managed accounts with E.F. Hutton.
Karen has an MBA from Lehigh University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Lafayette College.
Israel Cruz
Product Manager
Israel "Izzy" Cruz began his career at iMoneyNet in 1996 as a customer service representative and was quickly promoted to technical support manager. Now, in addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the technical support team, Izzy and his team of developers are responsible for the product life cycle of iMoneyNet's browser-based applications.
Izzy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Nichols College.
Kevin Grist
Sales Director
Kevin Grist joined iMoneyNet in October 2005 and quickly assumed responsibility for the domestic and offshore sales teams. Kevin has worked in the institutional money fund business for more than seven years. Prior to joining iMoneyNet, Kevin was employed by Fidelity Investments where he served in various roles including market manager and institutional sales representative for the cash business unit.
Kevin is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University and holds NASD Series 6 and Series 63 licenses.
Paul DiCenso
Information Systems Manager
Paul DiCenso started at iMoneyNet in the spring of 2003 as a programmer analyst. In November 2005, he was promoted to information systems manager responsible for a team of developers whose main goal is to meet the technical and business needs of internal and external clients. Paul has nearly 20 years' experience in the information systems field, including developer positions at ACS Government Solutions and Safety 1st.
Paul is a graduate of Central New England College.
