Mr. Klatch has a well respected reputation as a seasoned financial manager providing invaluable insight to all aspects of hedge fund management including: portfolio management; risk control; and asset allocation related to various fund product offerings and corporate institutional mandates. He has been recognized as a talented manager with an exceptional track record for increasing the performance of funds through the use of a wide range of sophisticated analytical software tools.

As an experienced hedge fund manager with an impressive background in both corporate operations and marketing, Mr. Klatch has successfully managed and served as an advisor for several hedge funds, including ACT Capital management, LLC, a $75M hedge fund in Philadelphia. Prior to joining ACT, Mr. Klatch founded GroupShares Inc. – a popular stock investing website forum that maintained thousands of active users. He was then recruited to run TheOpenFund, LP, a long/short equity and options writing fund where he was able to create a staggering 169.4% return in 2006.

His work as a skilled hedge fund manager has been duly noticed by a number of prestigious institutions. In 2006, he received honors in Trader Monthly Magazine. “With his team of traders, Klatch returned an impressive 169 percent return by the end of 2006 for his managed fund.” More recently, Mr. Klatch was honored in 2007 by TraderMonthly.com for his stellar performance as both a fund manager and corporate risk management professional.

In addition to his expertise in risk management, fund marketing, and financial oversight, Mr. Klatch is also a successful entrepreneur and start-up professional. In addition to starting several large-scale hedge funds, Mr. Klatch also designed innovative software systems that dramatically improved his financial performance. He was also Co-founder and Managing Partner of an e-business IT integration firm that served Fortune 100 and 500 clients such as Oracle Inc., Nastech Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, AT&T, Lucent, and Cisco Systems Inc. He also started a new e-business based upon Oracle Composite Applicationstm – where he continues to serve as a Senior Founding Board Member.

Mr. Klatch’s cross-functional expertise in both financial management and technology has its foundations in his dual educational credentials. Mr. Klatch was educated in the MBA program in Project Management from Lehigh University, recognized as one of the top five MBA providers in the country. He also earned a B.S. in Information and Systems Engineering in addition to an Honors Degree in Business and Engineering from Lehigh University.