Jerome J. Lande
Director
Deputy CIO and Managing Partner at Scopia Capital Management LP
- Director since: 2015
- Age: 48
Qualifications
- Executive Leadership Experience: Experienced investment manager well-suited to advise on strategic business decisions
- Financial Literacy: 25 years of experience in financial strategy from executive leadership at several asset management and equity investment firms
- Public and Board Governance: Serves actively on boards in the medical technology, pharmaceuticals and insurance sectors
- Marketing/Sales Experience: Extensive experience in corporate development, applying market dynamics and investment strategies to drive business expansion and value creation
Experience
Jerome J. Lande joined Scopia Capital Management LP (Scopia), an asset management firm and one of Itron's principal minority shareholders, in April 2016 and is currently Deputy CIO and Managing Partner. He was previously the Managing Partner of Coppersmith Capital Management LLC (Coppersmith), an asset management firm focused on equity investing in small to mid-cap markets and in long-term value creation, which he co-founded in April 2012. Prior to co-founding Coppersmith, Mr. Lande was a partner of MCM Capital Management, LLC, the general partner of MMI Investments, LP, a small-cap investment fund founded in 1996 to employ private equity investing methodologies in public equities, and where Mr. Lande oversaw research, trading and activism from 1998 to 2011. Prior to that time, he was associated with other equity investment firms where he was directly involved with corporate development as well as equity growth. Until the completion of a merger on December 7, 2018, Mr. Lande served as a member of the board of directors and the nomination and governance committee of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: "FCEA"), a national real estate company.
Mr. Lande is a member of the board of directors of CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: "CNMD"), a public global medical technology company, where he also serves on the compensation and strategy committees. Mr. Lande brings to the Board financial and investing acumen gained through his many years of experience at several equity investment firms, including his current employer Scopia (and affiliates), which is a principal minority shareholder of the Company.