Michael McGowan is a Managing Director and shareholder at Pathstone. With over 18 years of investment management experience, Michael works to develop overall investment strategy, provide market and economic analysis, strategic and tactical asset allocation guidance, and portfolio management.Michael is a co-portfolio manager on several equity, hedge fund, and fixed income strategies where he focuses on sourcing, diligence, and monitoring of active and passive strategies globally.Michael joins Pathstone from Crestone Capital, where he was managing director of investment research and strategy. Prior to Crestone, Michael was vice president within BlackRock’s Investments and Portfolio Solutions group in New York City. With a focus on alternative investments, he was responsible for developing the alternative investments platform across product management, investment strategy, and portfolio construction. Prior to BlackRock, he was a trader at James Capital Alliance (dba James Investment Research), working directly with senior portfolio managers on equity and fixed income trading, research, asset allocation, and portfolio management.