Mark C. Minichiello is Chief Executive Officer of Quincy Cass Associates Los Angeles's oldest independent investment firm founded in 1922, (www.quincycass.com) and Portfolio Manager of QCA Capital Management. Prior to joining Quincy Cass Associates, Mark was a portfolio manager and member of the investment committee of The Occasio Fund and acted as a sub-advisor to the Hatteras Alternative Mutual Funds. He is a founding principal of Spin-Off Advisors, a Chicago-based institutional research firm.