Corporate Board Profile
Tech Score: 40/100
4 mention(s) identify LAURENCE PENN as having software/technology expertise.
| Company | Filing Date | Evidence | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington Financial Inc. | 2011-04-06 | "Mr. Penn... was in charge of Lehman Brothers' structured transaction modeling group from 1987 to 1990, where he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS." | The filing states he was responsible for "computer system design" for MBS and ABS, which is adjacent technical experience suggesting meaningful technical capability, though not explicitly a software engineer title. |
| Ellington Financial Inc. | 2020-03-30 | "he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." | He has direct technical/programming-adjacent experience: he was responsible for computer system design and was co-creator of a programming language, and he studied mathematics at Cambridge and Harvard. |
| Ellington Financial Inc. | 2021-04-01 | "he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." | The filing states he was responsible for computer system design and was co-creator of a programming language, which indicates technical/software-related experience. |
| Ellington Financial Inc. | 2022-03-29 | "...where he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." | He has direct technical/software-adjacent experience: the filing says he was responsible for "computer system design" and was the co-creator of "BondTalk," described as "the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2011-04-06 | "Mr. Penn... was in charge of Lehman Brothers' structured transaction modeling group from 1987 to 1990, where he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS." |
| 2013-04-09 | "Mr. Penn began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984, after receiving a Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University" |
| 2014-04-07 | "Mr. Penn began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984... Mr. Penn graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University" |
| 2016-03-30 | "Mr. Penn began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984, after receiving a Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University... Mr. Penn graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University" |
| 2017-03-30 | "Mr. Penn began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984, after receiving a Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University... Mr. Penn graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University" |
| 2018-03-29 | "Mr. Penn began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984, after receiving a Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University... Mr. Penn graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University" |
| 2019-03-29 | "Mr. Penn graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University..." |
| 2020-03-30 | "he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." |
| 2021-04-01 | "he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." |
| 2022-03-29 | "...where he was responsible for the structuring, modeling and computer system design for MBS and ABS, and where he was the co-creator (with Jonathan Amsterdam) of 'BondTalk,' the first high-level programming language specifically designed to model CMOs." |
Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-04-25