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We believe the people who understand an industry best are those who have actually earned a living in that industry. That's why members of our investment team have extensive technology backgrounds, including degrees in the sciences and solid work experience in technology industries.
Our investment approach combines "top-down" and "bottom-up" investment techniques. Our analysts begin with a "top-down" examination of the trends that will drive growth over the next 3 to 5 years, or longer. Once macroeconomic trends have been identified, our team utilizes a "bottom-up" approach in analyzing the individual companies it expects will be best able to prosper from these trends over the long-term. The sharing of ideas among our analysts is an essential part of our investment approach.
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Kevin Landis is the President and Chairman of Firsthand Funds, which he co-founded in 1994. One of the nation's best-known technology investors, Kevin serves as portfolio manager for Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund and Firsthand Technology Opportunities Fund.
Kevin, born and raised in Silicon Valley, has over two decades of experience in engineering, market research, product management, and investing in the technology sector. Kevin is a board member at several alternative energy start-up companies, and his vision of giving retail investors access to future energy technologies led to the launch of Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund.
Kevin appears regularly on CNBC, CNBC Asia, and Bloomberg News, and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Smart Money, Time, and Money magazines. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, sharing his advice not only on technology investments, but also on management and mentoring of technology entrepreneurs. |
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Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University. |
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Nick is Firsthand's Director of Research. Prior to joining the Firsthand Funds team in 2004, Nick spent over 15 years in the high-tech industry, where his experience encompassed database programming, hardware design, product marketing, and business unit management in the semiconductor, security, contract manufacturing, and software industries. He also managed an international joint venture company and co-founded a technology start-up. |
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Nick received an undergraduate degree in applied mathematics and a master's degree in computer science from Russia's St. Petersburg State University. He went on to earn a master's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Santa Clara University. Nick also completed the Advanced Management Programme at Templeton College, University of Oxford. |
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Han is an analyst for Firsthand. Prior to joining the Firsthand Funds team in 2007, Han worked as an Associate at Global Crown Capital. Before entering the financial industry, he worked in various technical roles at Advanced Micro Devices and Ericsson.
Han graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science and earned his MBA from San Jose State University. Han is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc. |
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