David Welch
Mr. Welch brings over 13 years of experience in operating, developing and marketing alternative investments. He started his career at A.G. Edwards & Sons, where he selected CTAs for client portfolios. For the following six years, he ran a diversified, trend-following CTA. In 1999, he co-founded TraderSource, Inc., which provides investment management and consulting services in futures and other alternative investments. Mr. Welch frequently speaks at industry conferences on diversification and manager selection. He holds a BS in finance from Menlo College.

Zahid Ullah, ACMA
Mr. Ullah, Senior Vice President—Research, has over 25 years of diverse experience with alternative investments, derivatives, and global capital markets.  Mr. Ullah founded Antaeus Capital Management with Bank of America, was a partner of Investcorp SA, and founded Gotham Derivatives.  Mr. Ullah held senior management roles at National Westminster Bank, plc; Chemical Bank; Sperry Corp.; Irving Trust Co.; GE Capital Corp.; GE Company; and Hestair, plc.  Currently, Mr. Ullah advises a multi-billion dollar investment pool for a captive insurance company, and is a principal and founding partner of Quanta Asset Management.  Mr. Ullah also serves as TraderSource’s Senior Vice President, Research.  He attended Pace University’s MBA program, University of London’s BA program, and is a professional management accountant (UK).

Andrew Gibson, PhD
Dr. Gibson's expertise is in developing mathematical and statistical models of financial markets. He began his career at Battelle Corp. in the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, where he developed quantum mechanical simulations of molecular processes. In 1995, he began designing mechanical trading systems for trading currencies, bonds and commodities. His experience in designing and evaluating different trading models is invaluable in recognizing the validity and robustness of different trading managers. Dr. Gibson also is involved in building risk management systems to continually evaluate the overall portfolio. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge (England).