The Insight Team

Jim Collins is Insight’s CEO and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to founding Insight in 1988, Jim developed the foundations of Insight’s current three-step investment process as a venture capitalist, mutual fund manager, and later as a senior portfolio manager responsible for large institutional accounts for a major financial organization. He has been managing investments in small-cap growth stocks for more than 25 years.

Jim holds a MBA from Harvard University and Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Mike Ashton is a Portfolio Manager for the Large-Cap Growth portfolio and Co-Portfolio Manager for the Small-Cap Growth, Concentrated Growth and Small/Mid Cap Growth portfolios. He is also a member of Insight’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining Insight in 2006, he was an Associate in the Venture Capital Services Group at Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown.

Mike holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a BA degree in Philosophy from Bucknell University.

Dragos Georgescu is Equity Analyst for the Small Cap Growth, Concentrated Growth, Small/Mid Cap Growth and Large Cap Growth portfolios. Prior to joining Insight in 2011, he worked as a VP of Investment Research/Securities Analyst with Cambria Capital.

Dragos holds a MS degree in Finance from Edward Ageno School of Business – Golden Gate University and an MA and BS degree in Economics from California State University, San Jose. He also holds minor degrees in mathematics and computer science from California State University, San Jose.

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Randall Yurchak is a Portfolio Manager for the All- Cap Growth portfolio and Co-Portfolio Manager for the Small-Cap Growth, Concentrated Growth and Small/Mid Cap Growth portfolios. He is also a member of Insight’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining Insight in 2010, he was Co-Portfolio Manager for the All-Cap Growth portfolio at start-up Mission Creek Capital Partners from its inception in 2009. He originally joined Insight as an Analyst in 2002 and later served as Portfolio Manager of the Mid-Cap Growth portfolio from 2007 to 2009.

Randy graduated with a MBA from Arizona State University and earned a BS degree in Biochemistry from the University of Washington.

Philip Hamilton serves as Insight’s Director of Marketing. Philip is a member of Insight’s Management Committee. Prior to joining Insight in 1999, he was a Senior Vice President with Quadra Capital Partners, Boston. He was a Senior Researcher in Finance at Harvard Business School. He also worked for The Boston Company.

Philip holds a MA degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University and a BA degree from the University of Maine.

As a member of the marketing team at Insight, Gordon oversees daily operations in the client servicing department. Gordon also is one of Insight’s key client contacts. Prior to joining Insight in 2000, Gordon worked on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange as a Market Maker and Options trader.

Gordon received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Oregon.

Nam serves as the Chief Compliance Officer and Controller, and he is a member of Insight’s Management Committee. Prior to joining Insight in 2010, he served as Accounting Manager at Coast Asset Management, LLC.

Nam holds a BA degree in Business Economics and a minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles.