Bradley Alford
LP
Brad founded Alpha Capital Management in July 2006. He has twenty years of investment management experience, and oversees the investment management process, including manager selection and review. Brad has extensive experience working with both traditional and alternative investment managers.
Prior to founding Alpha Capital Management in July 2006, from 2002 to 2006 he was a Managing Director at Atlantic Trust where he worked directly with some of the firm's largest clients. From 2000 to 2002, Brad served as the Director of Investment Advisory Services at MyCFO, a firm focused on managing assets for ultra-high-net-worth clients. At MyCFO, Brad ran the Alternative Investment Committee and led the development of the alternative investment offerings for clients across the firm. From 1995 to 2000, Brad was the Managing Director of the investment division for the $2 billion Duke Endowment. At Duke, he expanded the alternative asset portfolio from $100 million to more than $1 billion, investing in hedge funds, venture capital, leveraged buyouts, distressed securities, high-yield bonds, oil and gas, timberland, and real estate. From 1989 to 1995, Brad was the Director of Endowment Investments for the Emory University Endowment with assets in excess of $4 billion.
While at Duke, Brad also founded and built an internet company, IPO Lockup.com. IPO Lockup.com was the first website to track and analyze the effects of lockup expirations on initial public offerings (IPOs). The website's information was featured each Sunday in the New York Times and CNBC named IPO Lockup.com one of the "Cool Websites" for 1999. Brad sold IPO Lockup.com in 2000.
Brad has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Fortune, New York Times, Newsweek, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Week, Reuters, MarketWatch, Associated Press, Investors Business Daily, Pensions & Investments, SmartMoney and Hedge World. He has also made multiple appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Network.
In addition to holding a BS in Corporate Finance and an MBA from the University of Alabama, Brad has also completed the intensive Senior Investment Manager Program at Princeton University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Planner designations.