Bruce Alan Ackermann

Sand Hill Equity Research is an independent fundamental research firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded by Bruce Ackermann in 2005 and they focus on the healthcare sector. They generate original, bottom-up ideas based on themes, markets and companies. Sand Hill Equity Research offers unbiased, in depth, investigative, leadership-focused, differentiated investment analysis, often with a contrarian view and always with a thorough assessment of investment risk. They focus on micro-caps (market capitalizations of $1 billion to $5 billion) that are underfollowed and mispriced.

Headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, J. M. Dutton & Associates is a broker/dealer. The firm offers a full array of investment services with a focus on small-cap public companies. They provide issuer-paid research and widely distribute their research to institutions and individuals, both domestic and international.