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The Tactical Growth strategy is sub-advised by Broadmark Asset Management. |
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Christopher J. Guptill,CEO and Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Guptill, a founding member of Broadmark Asset Management, LLC, is based in the California office and is responsible for the development of Broadmark’s investment management programs and products. He is also responsible for the implementation of all portfolio management and execution. Mr. Guptill began his career in 1979 at Paine Webber, Jackson and Curtis. In the mid-1980s he developed a specialty for identifying emerging equity managers. In 1994 Mr. Guptill joined McKinley Capital Management, Inc., as a Senior Portfolio Manager. He later became the firm’s Chief Equity Strategist. Additionally, Mr. Guptill developed, launched and co-managed the firm’s highly successful alternative investment portfolios. Mr. Guptill is a 1979 graduate of California State University, Chico with a B.A. in Economics.
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Richard P. DamicoSenior Portfolio Manager
Mr. Damico joined Broadmark in March 2005 and is based in the California office. As a Portfolio Manager, he participates in the implementation of portfolio management and trading functions. Most recently he was a Managing Director at ThinkEquity Partners, LLC where he established and was responsible for the development of the institutional trading desk at their San Francisco headquarters. Prior to ThinkEquity Partners, from 1997 to 2002, he was a Vice President and Senior Institutional Sales Trader at Morgan Stanley’s San Francisco office, covering West Coast institutional accounts. Additionally, Mr. Damico was an Associate Director and Senior Sales Trader at Bear Stearns in San Francisco from 1990 to 1997. Before he entered the financial services industry in 1985, Mr. Damico was a Regional Manager for a major restaurant chain with total operational responsibility for 10 restaurants in California, Hawaii, and Nevada employing 40 managers and over 2,500 employees. |
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Francis T. Mullen
Senior Portfolio Management Specialist
Mr. Mullen joined Broadmark in late 2001 and is based in the California office. He has over twenty years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently as Managing Director and Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets at Putnam Lovell LLC. While at Putnam Lovell, Mr. Mullen established and developed their Institutional Equity Sales, Equity Syndicate, Research and Trading Departments in San Francisco and New York. Prior to Putnam Lovell, he was the Managing Director of Western U.S. Institutional Equity Operations and a partner of the investment banking firm Furman Selz. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BS in Psychology and Anthropology in 1977.
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Laura A. HespeSenior Vice President, Director of Investment Operations
Ms. Hespe is based in the California office and has been responsible for managing all trading operations and portfolio administration since joining Broadmark in January 2000. She began her career in the securities industry in 1985 with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. Her breadth of experience includes five years with Kidder Peabody Asset Management where she became Director of Wrap-Fee Administration. Immediately prior to joining Broadmark, she was Vice President of McLaughlin Capital Markets, Inc., a Broker/Dealer specializing in institutional equity trading. There her responsibilities included oversight of Operations, Compliance and Administration. Ms. Hespe is a 1984 graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton with a BS in Management.
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