CTA Introduction
George H. Rohrs, Jr. Mr. Rohrs has been the President and Manager of the Advisor since it was established. In addition, since October 2001, Mr. Rohrs has been a Senior Vice President and an associated person of The Price Futures Group, a registered introducing broker. He is also a principal at Atrium Securities, Inc. and at Uhlmann Price Securities LLC, each of which is a registered broker-dealer and an affiliate of The Price Futures Group. Uhlmann Price Securities LLC is also a registered introducing broker, and Mr. Rohrs has been registered as an associated person of that entity since April 2005. (Mr. Rohrs is a principal of Uhlmann Price Securities LLC only in its capacity as a registered broker-dealer, not in its capacity as an introducing broker.) Previously, from July 2000 to October 2001, Mr. Rohrs was Vice President, O?Brien Investment Management, Inc., a registered commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator. During this same period, he was also Vice President and Secretary of RJO Securities, Inc., a registered broker dealer. Earlier, from 1982 through July 2000, Mr. Rohrs was associated with R. J. O?Brien & Associates Inc., a registered futures commission merchant, where he served as Vice President/Institutional Market. Mr. Rohrs holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Manhattan College.
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Gary L. Knapp. Mr. Knapp has been a principal of the Advisor since May 2004 and is responsible for the development and implementation of the Advisor?s trading program. In addition to his position with Rohrs & Company LLC, Mr. Knapp has been an investment executive with Uhlmann Price Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer, since March 2003 and has been a quantitative consultant with the New York Board of Trade since December 2002, assisting in the development of index based derivatives products for that exchange. From April 2002 though December 2002, Mr. Knapp was a Director, US Manager Selection, for Swiss American Corp., an indirect subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Bank, where he was responsible for selecting hedge funds for the bank?s hedge fund portfolio. From June 2001 through April 2002, Mr. Knapp was a Managing Director, Portfolio Management, for HFR Asset Management. Previously, from September 1995 through May 2001, he served as a trader and investment analyst with General Motors Asset Management. Mr. Knapp is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in mechanical engineering and has a master?s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Knapp is a Chartered Financial Analyst.