Michael Gleason has been with the Adviser since September 2011 and has began in investment industry since 1995, including more than 12 years in portfolio management roles. He serves as Senior Portfolio Manager for AlphaOne Capital Partners. Prior to joining the Adviser, Mr. Gleason was a partner and the Global Head of Quantitative Strategies at Gartmore Global Partners. He also previously served as a research analyst at Putnam Investment and State Street Global Advisors. Mr. Gleason earned his B.S. in Management Science from Bridgewater State University and an M.S. in Finance from Northeastern University.

Mr. Richter is the Portfolio Manager for a market-neutral long/short fund focused on global themes in technology, energy, resources, materials and developing markets. He joined the firm in March 2009 as part of the investment team for the first hedge fund to begin investing on the AlphaOne platform. Prior to AlphaOne, Mr. Richter had many years of experience as a portfolio manager and research analyst in long/short strategies at Susquehanna International Group and SAC Capital Advisors and many years of experience as a sell-side equity research analyst at Lehman Brothers and Robertson Stephens. At Susquehanna International Group from late 2005 through December 2008, Mr. Richter was portfolio manager of a fundamentally-driven long/short strategy focused primarily in the technology and energy sectors, including listings in the US, Asia and Europe across a range of market capitalizations. He managed a team of five fundamental research analysts and also advised Susquehanna’s dedicated equity option and volatility trading desks and the firm’s private equity affiliates on venture capital and private placements in his sectors. Mr. Richter earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.