Team

Bargain hunters

James C. Roumell - jroumell@roumellasset.com
President and Lead Portfolio Manager

Mr. Roumell entered the securities industry in 1986. Before founding the firm in 1998, he was a Registered Principal at Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Mr. Roumell was selected to participate in, and won, two consecutive Wall Street Journal stock picking contests (in 2001 and 2002) before the contest was discontinued. Mr. Roumell has been featured in such publications as Barron's, Kiplinger's, Value Investor Insight, Financial Planning Magazine, and The Washington Post. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Roumell is also a board member of Transitional Housing Corporation, Inc., a not-for-profit group providing affordable housing to low income residents of Washington, DC.


Craig L. Lukin, CFA - clukin@roumellasset.com
Partner/Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Lukin joined Roumell Asset Management in January 2003 as a Research Analyst. Before joining the firm, Mr. Lukin was an Associate at Dent & Company, Inc., where he worked on originating and executing private market transactions. Earlier, he was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's Corporate Value Consulting group. Mr. Lukin holds a BS in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He also holds the Chartered Financial AnalystŪ designation.


Edward A. Crawford - tcrawford@roumellasset.com
Partner/Co-Portfolio Manager

Mr. Crawford is a Research Analyst primarily responsible for equity securities. Prior to joining Roumell Asset Management in January 2012, Mr. Crawford spent 14 years in New York in the financial services industry. Most recently, Mr. Crawford was an Analyst and Partner for six years with Maple Leaf Partners, a value-oriented long-short equity hedge fund. Earlier in his career he was an Analyst with George Weiss Associates, a market-neutral hedge fund. Mr. Crawford received a BA in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business with a concentration on the Graham and Dodd philosophy of value investing. He was president of the investment management club while at Columbia.


Jason M. Mackey - jmackey@roumellasset.com
Trader

Mr. Mackey joined Roumell Asset Management in September 2012 as a Trader. Prior to joining Roumell, Mr. Mackey was the primary Trader for Hovde Capital Advisors, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also worked as a Senior Trader for Rydex Investments handling trades for their Index, Sector and Alternative funds in addition to ETF's. Mr. Mackey holds a B.S. in Business Management from Ithaca College.


“Jim's investment philosophies and his actual investments snugly fit into my criteria for securities investment.” - Martin J. Whitman Founder, Third Avenue Funds