EUGENE A. PROFIT
CEO

Eugene Profit founded Profit Investment Management in 1996 and has overall management responsibility for the firm and client portfolios. Mr. Profit's unique investment management philosophy and approach to valuation-sensitive growth investing has made him the subject of many profiles in the financial media including Business Week, Smart Money, Black Enterprise, Pension & Investments and Investors Business Daily. He has also been a guest on Wall Street Week, Money Line, CNBC, CNN, and other financial news programs. Prior to founding PIM, Eugene was a financial consultant with a regional broker/dealer. Eugene graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics. Eugene is a financial and operations principal, a graduate of Leadership Washington and a former National Football League Player with the New England Patriots and Washington Redskins.

Carmen Johnston Colt joined Profit Investment Management in July of 2005 as head of operations and trading. Her responsibilities include trading for all our Products, front, middle & back office duties, client reporting, portfolio recordkeeping and heading up the Operations Department. Prior to joining Profit, Carmen was a senior head equity trader for ING which she joined in 2000. She has also worked as an equity and fixed income trader for a registered investment advisor in Orlando and as a trader and sales assistant for Drexel Burnham, Prudential and Smith Barney. In total, Carmen brings more than 20 years of investment experience to our trading desk. She is an active member in 100 Women in Hedge Funds National and Local chapters.  Carmen has a B.S. in Biology from Rollins College.


MICHELLE RHODESBROWN, CFA
ASSISTANT PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Michelle RhodesBrown, CFA joined Profit Investment Management in July of 2006 as a Senior Equity Analyst, covering consumer discretionary stocks and consumer staples. She has also worked as consumer analyst with Holland Capital Management and as a Manager in the Business Valuation and Real Estate Group of Deloitte and Touche, LLP.  She graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.  She also holds a Masters of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.   Ms. RhodesBrown is a CFA Charterholder, a member of the CFA Institute and a member of the CFA Society of Chicago. In addition, she is a Director of the Delta Research and Educational Foundation.

MANPREET SINGH, CFA
SENIOR EQUITY ANALYST 

Manpreet Singh joined Profit Investment Management in September of 2000 and has held various positions since joining the firm. He is currently a Senior Equity Analyst and is responsible for equity research and assisting the portfolio manager. Manpreet has been quoted or the subject of profiles in the media including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Indus Business Journal, Gazette, Potomac Almanac, India Today, Indian Panorama, Wharton Journal, Fortune Magazine, CFA Magazine, Tampa Bay Tribune, TheStreet.com, Smart Money and Dow Jones/MarketWatch. He began his career founding a technology start-up company with his brother. Manpreet graduated in the Honors Program Cum Laude with a B.S. in Finance and citation in Entrepreneurship from the University of Maryland at College Park. Manpreet has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business with a triple major in Finance, Entrepreneurial Management and Real Estate. While at Wharton, Manpreet served as a Fund Fellow managing a part of the school’s endowment and had an internship at Stark Investments, focusing on investing in the Long/Short equity book.  Mr. Singh holds the CFA charter and at the time of receiving his charter he was considered one of the youngest CFA charterholders in the world.  He was named the “Most Ambitious” CFA charterholder by the CFA institute in 2006.  He is a member of the CFA Institute and the Washington Society of Investment Analysts. In addition, he is a Director of the LaKan Foundation, a Charter Member of TiE DC and founding member of Seva Call.


GUAYLON ARNIC
EQUITY ANALYST  

Guaylon Arnic joined Profit Investment Management in March of 2007 as an Equity Analyst. His duties include fundamental research in the telecom, aerospace, energy and the industrial sectors of the market. Prior to joining Profit Investment Management, Mr. Arnic served as the Director of Corporate Development and Investor relations for MDC Holdings, where he worked on the company's mergers and acquisitions, as well as heading up the Investor Relations efforts. Mr. Arnic also worked at US Bancorp Asset Management from 2001 to 2004 as an Equity Analyst where he covered the consumer discretionary sector. Mr. Arnic holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Management from Tennessee State University. Guaylon is currently a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidate.


MATTHEW KO
EQUITY ANALYST

Matthew Ko joined Profit Investment Management in March of 2008 as an Equity Analyst, covering financial stocks. He previously worked as an Institutional Broker in the High Yield and Equity groups at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey and as an investment banker in the Leveraged Finance and Private Placements groups at Banc of America Securities. He graduated magna cum laude from James Madison University with a degree in finance. Mr. Ko is currently a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) candidate.

MONTINA ANDERSON
SENIOR MARKETING ASSOCIATE

Montina J. Anderson has been an investment professional for the past 15 years. Before joining Profit Investment Management in March 2008, she worked as a wealth management professional for Citigroup and Merrill Lynch respectively. Upon graduating from undergraduate school, she served as a sales assistant on the Institutional Government Bond Desk, at a Wall Street firm in New York City. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from American University and is Series 7, 63 and 65 licensed. Montina is Treasurer and an active member of the Prince George’s County Chapter ofThe Links Inc., and serves as Assistant Treasurer for The Recreation Wish List Committee Board which provides quality enrichment services to the District of Columbia’s children and teens during non-school, weekend and summer hours in safe, well-maintained facilities and parks.

Alba Gonzalez joined Profit Investment Management in March of 2008 as a Portfolio Analyst. Her responsibilities include portfolio reconciliations, annual client reporting, maintaining databases, and client services fulfillment. Prior joining Profit, Ms. Gonzalez worked as a portfolio analyst at Fortigent. She also worked as an analyst at Wells Fargo in the mortgage asset backed securities department. Ms. Gonzalez has over eight years of industry experience. She holds a M.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in Finance/International Business from the University of Maryland.

CHRISTINE CLARK
PORTFOLIO ADMINISTRATOR

Christine Clark joined Profit Investment Management in March of 2008 as a Portfolio Administrator. Her responsibilities include portfolio bookkeeping, reconciliation and client reporting. Prior to joining Profit Investment, Christine worked as a Staff Accountant for International Partnership for Microbicides a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission for women in developing countries. There she was responsible for managing the payroll for their U.S. and international offices and other various accounting responsibilities. She is finalizing her B.A. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Banking and Finance at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. In her spare time, Christine participates in the Angelic Steps dance ministry at Celebration Church in Columbia, Maryland or she is playing on the Baltimore Gray's tournament softball team.