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HOWARD W. CUNNINGHAM
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Cunningham is the majority owner of the firm and has over 25 years of investment experience across challenging market environments including multiple bull markets and subsequent market bubbles. In June 2000, he began his career managing individual investment accounts using a proprietary long-only equity model for U.S. stocks. The accounts significantly outperformed the S&P 500 during the DOT.com market bubble. He spent two years (1998-2000) under the tutelage of renowned “trend follower” and market wizard Ed Seykota. In 2006, Mr. Cunningham was featured in Futures Magazine “Hot New CTA’s: Niche programs bring profits.”

Mr. Cunningham received a B.S. in Finance from Oklahoma City University and his MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno. He holds the National Futures Association (NFA) Series 3 and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 65 licenses.

JAMES J. SCHMID
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Schmid specializes in the development of software technology and decision algorithms using artificial intelligence, signal processing, pattern recognition, & big data. He built the software platform and algorithms used to develop and validate CAM’s proprietary systematic trend following methods. Mr. Schmid has spent the past nine years as a Director of Software Development at Amazon building economic forecasting, insights, and anomaly detection systems using machine learning and big data technologies. Prior to Amazon, Mr. Schmid spent over 20 years at General Electric (GE) building software technologies for the energy domain. While at GE, he engineered AI software with advanced signal processing algorithms used to translate noisy measurement signals into valuable or deterministic indicators of machine behavior to optimize chaotic industrial processes. Mr. Schmid has directly applied his experience in the energy industry to financial markets to develop investment decision algorithms that extract actionable information from noisy financial data, optimize chaotic market instruments, and model financial behavior. He has 23 international patents, including 12 AI and signal processing patents and received the prestigious Edison Award for his numerous software contributions to GE.

Mr. Schmid received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Nevada, Reno and a registered Principal with the National Futures Association (NFA).

RYAN M. ADAMS
Manager of Compliance & Administration

Mr. Adams has worked with Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Schmid for over 25 years providing compliance and back office support. He has managed multiple financial and compliance audits involving both state and federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Adams received a Bachelors of Science degree with an emphasis on Finance from the University of Nevada, Reno. He also holds the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 65 and National Futures Association (NFA) Series 3 licenses.

Mr. Adams has been registered as an Investment Adviser Representative with the State of Nevada Securities Division since October 2009 and has also been registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a member of the National Futures Association (NFA) as an Associated Person since January 2008.