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Research Team
Jay has been involved in the technology industry for 17 years. Most recently he was responsible for building the semiconductor franchise at Roth Capital Partners, initiating coverage on more than 20 companies. In his role as Senior Analyst at Roth, Jay travelled extensively in Asia as his coverage list included five Chinese companies. Before joining Roth Capital, Jay covered Semiconductors and Storage stocks at Pacific Growth Equities in San Francisco. Prior to that he spent five years in market research, first at Gartner Inc and then at iSuppli Corporation. Jay also worked for 7 years with LSI Logic Corp. as a Marketing Manager. Jay holds MS in Management from Stanford University, MBA from Santa Clara University and MS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Jim brings a broad range of skills and experience to Euro Pacific Capital. Prior to joining Euro Pacific, Jim was a research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, where he gained extensive experience in analyzing the market opportunities of both domestic and foreign companies. While at Roth, Jim was responsible for leading initiations and continuing coverage on a number of companies, including firms based in China and Israel, as well as US companies with broad international sales exposure. Prior to Roth, Jim served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Air Force, where he gained extensive experience as a Financial Controller, having directed finance and accounting activities for a number of acquisition programs, as well as Air Force installations. Jim received his B.S. in Management from the United States Air Force Academy, and is a CFA Charterholder. He holds FINRA 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.
David Kratochvil has over fifteen years of investment experience ranging from developed and emerging market equity, fixed income, and currency investing to commodity and venture capital investing. Prior to joining Euro Pacific Capital, Mr. Kratochvil ran his own advisory firm where he provided investment banking services and consulted on various investment projects. Previously he was an international portfolio manager at Omega Advisors where he invested in international equities, emerging market debt, currencies, and commodities. Prior to joining Omega, he was a Director at Merrill Lynch Asset Management in London where he was responsible for emerging market investing. Mr. Kratochvil has also worked as an equity analyst covering basic materials and industrial stocks, as a venture capitalist in Eastern Europe, and as a tax consultant advising on numerous M&A, real estate, and oil and gas transactions. Mr. Kratochvil holds an MBA in finance and international business from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Tan brings a broad range of skills and experience to Euro Pacific Capital. Thomas has focused on the precious metals and mining sectors since 2004 becoming a popular independent blogger, writer and contributor for many financial and precious metal websites. Thomas gained particular notoriety on Seeking Alpha for his 2007 prediction of the collapse of the banking industry and the impending disastrous impact brewing in the credit default swap market. Thomas has developed close relationships with senior management at numerous mining companies but never allows those relationships to get in the way of his investment opinions. Some of Thomas' articles have been published by CFA Institute and have also been treated as Headline News and Editor's Picks by Seeking Alpha. Prior to joining Euro Pacific, Thomas worked in various corporate finance positions with Pfizer in the financial planning and analysis area. Prior to that, he was an associate in the Capital Markets Group at Cargill, responsible for structuring a 144A private placement of $100 million corporate bond in the US for a Chinese municipal hi-tech land development company. Mr. Tan holds an MBA in finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and has held the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation since 2004. He holds FINRA 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses. |
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