Kuechle ,vice president, joined Frontier in 2002

Patrick Kirksey is a founding partner and Co-Portfolio Manager of Perimeter’s extended small cap growth investment team. Patrick also serves as Perimeter’s senior small cap growth analyst. Prior to joining in Mark and Jim in 2004, Patrick previously worked as an analyst on the flagship large cap core equity discipline for the investment subsidiary of a national bank. While on the team, Patrick specialized in covering names in the Energy, Tech-Hardware and Consumer Staples sectors. He earned a B.S.B.A. from the University of Nebraska (1991) and an M.B.A. in Finance from Georgia State University (1993). Patrick successfully passed Level III of the Chartered Financial Analyst program and has eight (8) years of investment experience.

Brian M. Crawford, CFA joined Perimeter Capital Management, LLC in 2008. Brian is a partner and serves as a portfolio manager on Perimeter’s Small Cap Growth and Extended Small Cap Growth strategies. Brian offers investment experience ranging from small cap growth company research for William Blair & Company to private equity due diligence while a partner at Adams Street Partners. Brian began his investment career in 1992 with the Private Placement Group of Prudential Insurance as a member of the PACE Program. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1995 and earned his B.S. (1992) from Georgia Institute of Technology and his M.B.A. (1997) from Harvard University.

Mr. Shahpurwala joined Manulife Asset Management in 2007.

Michael manages Frontier’s institutional small/mid cap equity strategy, Capital Appreciation, and has co-managed a long biased, long/short equity strategy focussing on micro, small and mid cap U.S. stocks, since its inception in 1994. Michael joined Frontier in 1988 and has fourteen years of investment experience. He received a B.S. from University of Maine and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Michael also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Carson Jen is Senior Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, for Manulife Asset Management Limited, responsible for the management of Manulife Asset Management’s Passive Equity investment team, whose funds track equity indices in Canada, the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong, as well as international indices. Prior to joining the firm he was Manager, Treasury Operations, for Ontario Hydro. Carson holds a Certified Management Accountant designation.

"Mark D. Garfinkel, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer Mark Garfinkel is a founding partner of Perimeter and a member of the management committee. As Perimeter’s Small Cap Growth Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer, he brings over 18 years of investment management experience. Prior to the formation of Perimeter, Mr. Garfinkel spent five years as a portfolio manager for Trusco Capital Management’s large cap growth discipline."