Bryce James, President and
                      CEO, has over thirty four years of hands-on investment experience,
                      most recently as partner and founder of Shield Investment Advisors,
                      a fixed-income fund of hedge funds. Prior to Shield, he was a Senior
                      Vice President with Morgan Stanley.
                    
                    
                      Mr. James spent most of his career
                      as a portfolio manager. He specializes in building custom trading algorithms,
                      financial content delivery systems and performance measurement software solutions.
                    
                    
                      From 1983 to 2000, Mr. James compiled a stellar record as a
                      fee-based portfolio manager and consultant to corporations, trusts,
                      retirement plans, ESOPs and high–net-worth individuals. He created the
                      Investment-Consulting model for brokerage Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1984.
                    
                    
                      Mr. James holds a B.S. in Accounting, Finance and Marketing from Central
                      Washington University and received a Certified Investment Management
                      Analyst designation from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
                      in 1992.