In May 2003, Jeremie Bacon co-founded Backstop Solutions Group, and since then, he has guided Backstop to become a leader in the arena of Hedge Fund software.

Jeremie's industry experience gives him a unique understanding of business systems, services and best practices for the asset management community. Prior to founding Backstop, he spent several years at the Equities division of Goldman Sachs, where he serviced traditional and alternative institutional asset management firms. He is a board member and strategic advisor to several companies in the fund management and investment banking universe. Additionally, he serves on the committee for the Midwest Chapter of Hedge Funds Care, a not-for-profit group within the hedge fund community.

Jeremie earned a BA at Brigham Young University as well as a graduate research diploma from The University of Tsukuba, Japan.

As Chief Technology Officer, Andy Pruitt is responsible for the design and construction of Backstop's technology platform.

Andy came to Backstop from a career as an Enterprise Software Consultant, particularly to the Financial Services sector. Prior to consulting, he helped found DigitalWork.com (a Draper Fisher Jurvetson company), where he was the Director of Internet Architecture.

Andy is an active member of the Open Source software community, particularly in the Java programming language. He earned a BA from the University of Chicago.

Todd brings 25 years of investment industry experience to Backstop. He has headed up the trading operations areas for Van Kampen and Xerox Financial, and held a position as Chief Investment Officer for a subsidiary of Xerox Financial. Todd has sold trading and investment accounting software to registered investment advisors, hedge funds, and insurance companies for Trust Company of America, SS&C Technologies, and CheckFree Investment Services.

He received his MBA in Finance from Northern Illinois University and his BS in Marketing from Truman State University.

Our Engineering Director, Chris Brown (sorry R&B fans, not that one), is responsible for the development and daily operation of Backstop's software.

Before joining Backstop, he was a systems architect and group manager at Hewitt Associates. At Hewitt he was charged with creating a platform, tools and processes to enable scalable and profitable delivery of a human resources outsourcing business serving very large multinational corporations.

Chris earned a BA, summa cum laude, from Bradley University.