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TIS Group

Robert A. Lepley, Ph.D.

Robert Lepley joined TIS Group during the fall 2000 as a Research Strategist. Bob was previously employed as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry and as a university faculty member. Bob has published his scientific work in peer reviewed, high impact scientific journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Clinical Investigation as well book chapters. With more than 20-years of professional experience in biomedical research, Bob is thoroughly familiar with the biomedical research and development landscape for drugs, medical devices and diagnostics encompassing preclinical research, the FDA clinical trial process and intellectual property considerations. At TIS Group, Bob's principle areas of research focus are biopharmaceutics and health care, energy (hydrocarbon and alternative), country specific macro analyses (natural resources group and Asia) and geostrategic analyses (emerging market focus). Bob regularly contributes thematic topics and in depth articles to the monthly TIS Group Institutional Strategist U.S. Market edition monograph (the "Red Book"), the Instrutional Strategist Global Markets edition (the"Blue Book") and the daily Market Intelligence Report. (the "MIR").


Education

  • Ph.D. - University of Minnesota; 1983
  • B.S. - University of Minnesota; 1974

Professional Experience

  • Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research – Senior Research Associate

  • University of Colorado health Sciences Center – Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology (primary appointment) / Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine (secondary appointment)
    Upjohn Pharmaceuticals – Senior Research Scientist

  • University of Minnesota – Research Laboratory Technician

Affiliations/Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • University of Minnesota adjunct faculty appointment


Andrew Roalstad, MBA.

Andrew Roalstad

Mr. Roalstad is Portfolio Manager, Analyst, and Head Trader at TIS Group.  Andrew has appreciable experience in trading a wide range of investment vehicles, including domestic and international equities & bonds, both long and short, currencies, ETFs options, futures contracts and emerging market securities.  He manages three portfolios, including a U.S. Small-Cap Equity strategy, a U.S. Equity strategy, and a pure Exchange-Traded Fund product, called the Splitrock Investment Strategies.  His expertise and proprietary trading techniques have enabled him to consistently outperform his portfolio benchmarks.  His monthly-published “Investment Theme” research, backed by solid quantitative and fundamental analysis, generates profitable synergies for the firm’s managed accounts.

Andrew has been involved in the investment management industry since 1994. St. Olaf College, B.A., University of St. Thomas, M.B.A.  His work has been noted and used in various publications such as Barron’s, Bloomberg News, TheStreet.com, Morning Call on Bloomberg TV, and German finance magazine, Finanzenuro.


"The market goes to 1,160-1,230…" MIR July 8, 2003