A registered investment advisor representative, Chris has over 25 years of experience in financial services and institutional investing. Prior to founding Sturgeon, Chris spent 16 years as Executive Vice President and Principal of Capital Advisors Group, a national investment firm with over $7 billion is assets under management. During this 16 year period, he was instrumental in the firm’s operational direction and strategic development. This involved actively guiding investment philosophy and the implementation of the firm’s portfolio management, technology infrastructure and trading platforms.

Prior to that experience, Chris managed $130 million in institutional assets invested primarily in the money markets and mutual funds as a Vice President with the Boston Company. In addition, he marketed no load mutual funds, asset management services and an investment servicing program for CDs and other interest bearing instruments.

Chris began his career in financial services holding several senior management positions in lease financing for United States Leasing Corporation, American Finance Group, Inc., and International Funding Corporation.

Chris lives with his family in Weston Massachusetts. He and his wife actively support numerous nonprofit organizations in Boston and Nantucket. He holds a BS from Boston College and Series 63 and 65 licenses.

Prior to joining Sturgeon Capital Management, Debra spent 14 years as Executive Vice President and Director of Operations for Capital Advisors Group, and national investment firm. She also had responsibility for all human resource management functions, and served for 6 years as compliance manager. As a member of the firm’s executive board, she assumed a leading role in strategic planning and product development.

As Director of Operations, she developed relationships with institutional custody providers such as Wachovia, State Street Bank, and First Union. These relationships led to a comprehensive knowledge of institutional custody products, services, computer platforms, and reporting. In addition to directing all accounting and operations functions for Capital Advisors Group, she had direct responsibility for 70 client relationships with assets of over $3 billion. She also directed the reconciliation of over 300 client fixed-income portfolio accounts totaling nearly $7 billion in assets on a daily basis. The specialized and custom reporting packages she developed became a primary deliverable of the organization and were forefront in the company’s marketing presentations.

Her career also includes eight years in the non-profit sector as Executive Director of a multi-program social services agency, and several years in real estate brokerage and development in her own firm. She has also served as a director for various Executive Boards at private, government and corporate entities. A native of the Chicago area, she holds a bachelors degree from Rockford College.

As Senior Equity Trader at Tudor Investments, Josh gained extensive industry experience trading Domestic U.S. Equity as well as European Equity for a $13 billion portfolio.  He also specialized in the equity derivative swaps and options market. Prior to joining Tudor, Josh worked at Hellman, Jordan Management Company as vice president and senior trader, supervising a trading desk of a $1.7 billion portfolio consisting of U.S. Equities, U.S. Treasuries, Foreign Exchange Futures, Energy Futures, Agricultural Commodity Futures, Precious Metals Futures as well as Equity and index options.  He also held trading positions at ABN Amro Bank resulting in extensive experience in foreign exchange, foreign bond futures, US Treasuries and other domestic fixed income products. Josh is a Certified Pool Operator and Certified Advisor with the NFA, a Registered Series 3 Representative and graduate of Manhattan College, and makes his home in Weston, MA.

Meredith is in her junior year at Northeastern University. Meredith was inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars in the spring of 2010 and the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.  Meredith co-founded the College-Pro Organization in Boston's inner cities, which provides support to students in need of counsel in the college application process. Meredith is a graduate of the Saint Anselm College of Civic Leadership Academy and a member of the NH Young Republicans , the Northeastern University Republicans Club, and has volunteered in many political campaigns. Meredith is a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority, where she serves as Social Chair and Bid Committee Representative.

Prior to that he was a commercialization analyst with the Norwegian Centres of Expertise: Micro- and Nanotechnology. Silas helps start-ups with the refinement of their strategy, business model, and business plans. He has an AB in Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University and a Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management from Boston University School of Management.