With extensive experience in Finance and Marketing, Mr. Bertash is a seasoned marketer in investment management for institutional pension funds. Starting his career at IBM, Mr. Bertash spent 8 years in sales, moving on to the investment management industry, where he has spent the last 30 years building a wealth of experience in the areas of Capital Raising and Client Relations. Mr. Bertash has worked for Bear Stearns Asset Management, J. & W. Seligman and Co., and currently leads strategic business development at Tocqueville Asset Management. Mr. Bertash was also a founding Member of New York Capital Advisors, LLC, a startup quantitative investment management firm. Mr. Bertash earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Finance from Syracuse University, and an M.B.A. from New York University in Computer Applications.