Mr. John Zimmerman serves as President at Ascent Private Capital Management. He was the Co-Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer at Echelon Capital Group. He also served as the Managing Director at Northern lights Capital Group. Mr. Zimmerman's responsibilities include the oversight and vision of the firm, in addition to the management of the investment function. Prior to founding Echelon Capital Group, Mr. Zimmerman was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Janus Capital Group. In this role, he grew the institutional business of the firm from $20 billion in assets and 17 employees in 2004 to $54 billion in assets and 65 employees by the end of 2006. Prior to Janus, Mr