Faculty/Staff Directory
Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Joerg
Last Name
Picard
Email
picardj@gvsu.edu
Title
Associate Professor of Finance
Office
3151 L. William Seidman Center
Phone
616-331-7404
Department
- Finance
Expertise
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- High-Frequency Trading
Biography
Joerg Picard earned his Ph.D. in finance at Michigan State University in 2015. He teaches introductory and intermediate corporate finance and received the Excellence in Teaching Award from Michigan State Universitys finance department in 2012/2013. His main research interest is in market microstructure, more specifically computer algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Joerg Picard is also an active angel investor and has helped funding around a dozen start-up companies around West-Michigan through a local angel group.
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, Michigan State University (2015)
- MBA, University of California, Irvine (1999)
- Dipl. Ing. (M.Sc.E.), RWTH Aachen, Germany, (1995)
Teaching Areas
- Corporate Finance
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
Service
- Foundations Endowments Family Offices (FEFO) committee member 2015-Present
- Member of Grand Angels investment group 2009-Present