David Gifford has joined RiverNorth as an investment analyst.

Chris Lakumb is a portfolio specialist and responsible for supporting the investment management team and serving as a liaison between RiverNorth’s portfolio managers and investor base.

Paul Raskin has joined as a software developer, responsible for data operations and the development of core infrastructure and proprietary trading systems.

Gifford previously worked as a senior trader on the equity desk at Wolverine Trading for 11 years.

Lakumb has rejoined RiverNorth after relocating to California to work for EverBank as a wealth management specialist. Before this, he was a managing director at InterOcean Finacial Group.

Raskin has spent more than five years writing financial software, and most recently wrote futures and options trading applications as a software developer for RJ O’Brien & Associates.