Mr. Fitch joined Horizon Investments in January 2011. Serving as the senior portfolio analyst for the Horizon One Consulting team, he oversees a team within the Investment Management division focused on asset allocation, security selection, and portfolio construction for customized client solutions. In addition to helping these clients manage a goals-based investment process, he provides fund research and manager due diligence to the Investment Management division at Horizon.

Prior to this role, Mr. Fitch was a research analyst at Horizon providing fundamental research to the Investment Management division in addition to supporting the firm in its trading operations and performance measurement functions. He has also worked on Horizon’s retirement platform offerings and supported the firm’s product development initiatives. Mr. Fitch holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Tennessee and a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Finance from Wofford College.

Mr. Fitch is also a CFA® charterholder.

Mr. Blocker is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee and has been a portfolio manager on several strategies throughout his tenure at the firm. Along with his portfolio management duties, Mr. Blocker supports the firm’s digital solutions strategy as a member of the software products team.

Mr. Blocker holds a BA in Spanish and a BS in mathematics and computer science from Wofford College. Mr. Blocker also holds the CAIA designation. Before Horizon, Mr. Blocker played shortstop for the Colorado Rockies organization.

Mr. Blocker received a BA and BS in mathematics, computer science, and Spanish at Wofford College. Mr. Blocker also holds the CAIA designation. Before Horizon, Mr. Blocker played shortstop for the Colorado Rockies organization.

With three decades of investment management experience, Mr. Saba is responsible for the management of Horizon’s dividend and equity portfolio strategies and also contributes bottom-up, fundamental research for the investment team. Prior to joining Horizon in 2009, Mr. Saba was Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Charlotte Capital, LLC where he was lead portfolio manager for the firm’s two institutional investment products. Prior to Charlotte Capital, Mr. Saba was a Portfolio Manager with Pioneer Investments. Before Pioneer he served as a Portfolio Manager and Analyst with Heartland Advisors. Mr. Saba regularly contributes to the financial media. He has appeared on CNBC and has been featured in Barron’s magazine.

Mr. Saba holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BS in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Clark is an Associate Professor of Finance at UNC Charlotte where he conducts research in the areas of mathematical finance, derivative securities, asset pricing, and financial econometrics. His work at Horizon focuses on volatility forecasting models, dynamic factor models, and other quantitative methods with an emphasis toward the Quantitative investment team and toward the firm’s Risk Management suite of products.

He has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences (with a concentration in applied probability and stochastic modeling) and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics (with a concentration in financial economics), both from Clemson University. He has been published in numerous scholarly journals including Review of Derivatives Research, Review of Futures Markets, Journal of Risk and Insurance, and Journal of Asset Management.

Mr. Allen is part of the Investment Management division at Horizon Investments focusing on portfolio allocation & strategy.

Prior to joining Horizon Investments, Mr. Allen managed the investments at a multi-billion-dollar single-family office. Mr. Allen has also worked on the portfolio management team at a large insurance company as well as at a consulting firm doing M&A and valuation work.

Mr. Allen holds a Masters of Accountancy and BS in Accounting from Georgia Southern University. Mr. Allen is also a CFA® Charterholder, CPA and a CAIA® Charterholder.

Mr. Bryant is a member of the consulting team at Horizon Investments, focusing on asset allocation, security selection, and portfolio construction for customized client solutions.

Prior to joining Horizon Investments, Mr. Bryant served as Client Relationship Consultant with TIAA in their Individual Advisory Services group. He managed relationships with high net worth and mass affluent clients, focusing on building books of businesses for the Wealth Management Advisors he supported.

Mr. Bryant holds a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University and holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 registrations. Mr. Bryant is also a CFA® Charterholder.

Alyson Strode is a Trading Portfolio Specialist. She is responsible for all trade related functions including best execution.

Prior to joining Horizon Investments in October 2016, Mrs. Strode was an equity and ETF trader with Curian Clearing for 10 years. She had various roles in middle and back office support as purchase and sales, corporate actions and internal controls.

Mrs. Strode graduated from the University of Denver with a BA in Finance.

Mr. Averitt joined Horizon Investments in April 2012. He supports the firm’s quantitative research efforts including model development, testing, and validation. Previously, Mr. Averitt worked as a senior consultant and lead software engineer for Kalsi Engineering, a high technology engineering consulting firm. His expertise is in the development of proprietary engineering software products. His experience includes a broad range of software development skills including mathematical modeling, interface design, programming, integration, testing, and marketing.

Mr. Averitt received his MS in Mathematical Finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.