ShareFinder Team
Gary Stone
Gary founded ShareFinder in 1995 and is responsible for the ongoing research of existing methodologies and new trading edges.
Gary has a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in computer science and mathematics. Before founding ShareFinder he had a technical and sales career in the IT industry that lasted 16 years. Gary immigrated to Australia from South Africa in 1986.
Trading and researching the markets since 1990, Gary is motivated by a conviction to help people do better.
Gary researched and designed the SPA Medium Term Trading System which was released in 1998 and is now known as the SPA3 Medium Term Methodology. He researched a second commercially available methodology, OSPREY, which was released in 2003 and in 2006 IntellEdgence for Long term active investment was released after many years of ongoing research.
Gary has been a contributor to Shares magazine, Personal Investor magazine, the ATAA Journal and has conducted many presentations to various organisations around Australia since 1998. Using SPA3 he has participated in 4 public year long trading contests in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002 - winning 3 of them.
Gary has a strong belief that being aware of something new through gaining knowledge is not enough to use it to your benefit. "People have to step into a process that ingrains the new knowledge into their being so that it can become a part of who they are".
Gary enjoys coaching his customers about trading and personally trades with all of ShareFinder's products including Market Master X-ec, OSPREY, SPA3 and IntellEdgence.
A single figure handicap golfer, Gary keeps up his road running having completed multiple marathons and ultra-marathons in his 20's and 30's. Having played competitive cricket in his younger days he has enjoyed coaching junior cricket for the last 3 years.
Sean Baker
Sean commenced employment in August 2007 and has a fascinating background which includes Managing a Public Golf Course as a Golf Professional to being the General Manager of Business for one of Melbourne's busiest restaurants. The previous 4 years he established a Gourmet Retail business that comprised of 3 locations in and around Melbourne which he successfully sold in May 2007. Sean has had vast experience in marketing brands and companies in the hospitality industry and although he has little experience in the finance industry he brings his successful marketing philosophy to ShareFinder. His responsibilities include the development of the ShareFinder Brand, the management of future channel partners and the marketing and sales of the business.
Sean enjoys reading, running and playing golf and was once a Professional Golfer who now plays off a handicap of scratch. He is looking forward to competing in annual ShareFinder Golf Events against both Mark and Gary.
Mark Linton
Mark joined the ShareFinder team in 2002 and brings to the business a strong previous business and IT background.
Before commencing with ShareFinder Mark worked in the administration area of a financial software company primarily dealing with financial advisors commission payments whilst further developing his strong customer relation skills.
His responsibilities at ShareFinder include help desk support, software programming and testing, portfolio management, website development and research activities. Mark is the key developer of SPA TradeMaster and the OSPREY Research Tool.
A single figure handicap golfer, Mark also holds a business degree from RMIT University.
Karl Stanguts
Karl is new to the financial services industry starting at ShareFinder in May 2008.
Previously, Karl worked in the hospitality industry focusing on bringing in new business, marketing and branding.
His responsibilities at ShareFinder include support, new sales and marketing assistance. He has a strong IT back ground in web development and will offer extra support to both Sean and Mark in their roles.
He is young and enthusiastic, and like Gary, Sean and Mark enjoys a weekly round of golf.
Dragana Kamber
Dragana has been with ShareFinder since inception, and was involved with the creation of the first ShareFinder ASX database.
Her analytical approach, in-depth knowledge of database structure and rigorous sense for detail was crucial in keeping our database to the levels recognized as benchmark even by competitors.
Dragana's responsibilities include edge research activities and managing day to day catalogue and data maintenance (name changes, deletions, capital reconstructions and adjustments for bonus and rights issues). She also manages the development of solutions for structural changes and upgrades to our database.
Before ShareFinder, Dragana was in charge of SE European Referential Database of Pacemaker Patients for 9 years. Dragana has a Degree in Mathematics majoring in Computers and over 20 years of experience in database fields.
Heather Stone
Heather is married to Gary and is his boss - need we say more? She has a Higher Diploma in education and, in a 'previous life', taught Maths & Science at Secondary School level. She taught in Durban, South Africa and Melbourne before embarking on motherhood and, soon thereafter, ShareFinder Investment Services was formed. Heather's role in the business is primarily to manage the Accounts and assist Gary & Sean with marketing tasks.
Sharon Reynolds
Sharon manages the ShareFinder accounts and has been with the company since 1998. Sharon has a background in banking, administration and bookkeeping.
