Bob joins TTAM from J.A. Forlines Group, which he co-founded in 2009 and for which he most recently served as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has also held senior positions with Tegean Capital, AsiaSource Capital and Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner in charge of Cash Equities Trading and served as a member of Goldman’s equities division Risk and Global Trading Committees.

Janet Flanders Johnston, CFA, is a Strategic Advisor at TrimTabs Asset Management. Ms. Johnston joined TrimTabs as Portfolio Manager in May 2017. Prior to joining TrimTabs, Ms. Johnston was managing her family’s premier timber and hunting business from 2015. In addition, Ms. Johnston was an ETF Advisor from 2012 to 2015 and a Managing Partner from 2011 to 2012 at Madrona Partners, Inc. She was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President for Avatar Associates from 2010 to 2011. Earlier in her career, Ms. Johnston was on the investment team where legendary investor, Martin Zweig, was Director of Research and Chairman of the Investment Committee. Ms. Johnston holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia and is a CFA charter holder. She has been featured on Bloomberg TV and Radio, in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and numerous other media outlets.

Derin Cohen joined TrimTabs Asset Management in July 2017. Prior to joining TrimTabs, Derin performed internal operations audits covering mutual funds, closed-end funds, and exchange traded funds. Mr. Cohen manages the firm’s marketing campaigns and assists in various daily operations. Derin received his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Vince (Qijun) Chen is a Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst at TrimTabs Assets Management, responsible for managing and developing rules-based portfolio strategies for TrimTabs Indexed ETFs, and proprietary quantitative stock selection models for TrimTabs Active ETFs. Vince received his Master of Science in Quantitative Methods and Modeling from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, and his Bachelor of Economics from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

Byron Ramult is the Director of Sales for TrimTabs Asset Management, responsible for Sales and Distribution for the entire United States. Mr. Ramult has held senior sales positions with multiple global asset managers that distribute various types of investment vehicles for much of his career. Byron is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University, where he received a BS in Business and majored in Finance.