Gerard Hallaren, CFA together with Jamie Townsend are the Managing Partners of TownHall Investment Research. Jamie's experience as President of Soundview and Gerard's work with Gartner Invest and META Group define TownHall's research process which relies heavily on information from analysts and consultants in the field rather than management.
Between 2001 and 2006 Hallaren, delivered investment information based upon research from both Gartner and Meta Group. Prior to this Gerard was Managing Director for Equity Operations, Research and a stooge in Corporate Finance for Stifel Nicolaus/Hanifen Imhoff. Gerard has managed a number of funds including the Strategic Technology Fund and other assets for Invesco Funds. He began his professional career in the IT assessment industry with IDC and subsequently the Yankee Group.
Gerard is a 30 year member of the IEEE, holds a data storage patent, a B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a CFA.