Our Team

Javier Guerra is the Portfolio Manager of one of the alternative investments of Quantek Asset Management and the co-founder of Bulltick Capital Markets, a Miami-based investment bank and institutional trading firm. Since its foundation in 1999, Bulltick has established itself as a relevant trading firm in Latin America with over 180 professionals and offices with trading operations in NY, Miami, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.

Mr. Guerra has been the Portfolio Manager of one of the Quantek Asset Management alternative investments since its inception in 2005, which was created to capitalize on investment opportunities in Latin America.

Previously, Mr. Guerra worked for nine years and became a principal in ARI, a privately owned company with portfolio companies in several industries such as oil services, waste management, automotive services and chemicals.

He is a Law School graduate from ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autonómico de México), holds an MBA from IPADE (Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa) and is also a registered Series 27 (Financial Officer) with FINRA.

Alberto Franco is the Portfolio Manager of one of the alternative investments of Quantek Asset Management and a Managing Partner at Bulltick Capital Markets. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, with a special focus in managing risk and trading for established Wall Street financial institutions in a wide array of assets classes, both across G-7 and emerging markets.

Mr. Franco was previously a Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager of Franco Asset Management, a former SEC-registered investment adviser that managed portfolios of hedge funds.

Previously, he served as Senior Managing Director for Bankers Trust Latin American Division in charge of Sales, Trading, Derivatives and Research, managing 250 investment professionals, including proprietary traders who were responsible for $3 billion in positions. Mr. Franco became in 1997 one of the youngest partners in Bankers Trust’s history.

Mr. Franco earned a B.A. in Administrative Sciences in Yale University.

William Herrera is the Chief Financial Officer and member of the Managing Committee at Bulltick Capital Markets.

Previously, Mr. Herrera was President and member of the Board of Directors of Premier American Bank, a FDIC member commercial bank. Prior to Premier Mr. Herrera was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Finance for Patagon International, Inc., a multi-country, online-based banking and brokerage group.

Mr. Herrera was also Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tallard Technologies Group, a multi-country value added distributor and reseller of voice and data technology equipment. Prior to this position he was President and CEO of CIC Capital, Inc., a fixed income securities broker-dealer member of the NASD. Mr. Herrera began his career at Deloitte and Touche, where he managed audit clients from a wide range of industries.

Mr. Herrera graduated from the University of Florida, MS in Finance and Accounting, and a BS in Accounting in 1984.

Eloy Molina is the Head of Credit Risk Management at Quantek Asset Management.

Previously, Mr. Molina was the Founder and Managing Director of Finatech, a company that provided corporate consulting services on mergers and acquisitions, private offerings of debt and capital, debt restructuring, and general corporate financial services for small to medium sized companies.

Mr. Molina also worked for 15 years at Citibank Mexico. He began as the Director of Corporate Finance in 1985 and held a variety of senior positions, including Capital Markets Director and Equity Investments Managing Director. The pas position he held was Asset Recovery Managing Director.

Prior to Citibank, Mr. Molina worked for Banco Mexicano Somex, where his last position was as International Finance Director.

Mr. Molina holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico and a Master’s degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University.

Ralph Patino is responsible for the operations at Quantek Asset Management including financial reporting, portfolio monitoring, product development, and operational due diligence.

Mr. Patino has 20 years of Operations, Compliance, and Risk management experience. Previously, he was Head of Operations and Chief Compliance Officer at Franco Asset Management, a SEC registered investment adviser that managed portfolios of hedge funds.

Prior to that, Mr. Patino was the COO for the UK’s CDC Capital Partners, where he was responsible for the Latin America region. He also worked for the US Federal Reserve Bank, where he oversaw the Miami Branch operations.

Mr. Patino holds a Bachelor in Finance from Florida International University.

Luciano Cuneo is the Head of Investor Relations at Quantek Asset Management.

Mr. Cuneo has 24 years experience in the financial services industry with 5 years experience in the hedge fund sector. Most recently with Franco Asset Management as Director of Marketing of their Fund of Hedge Funds. Prior to that, he served as an International Financial Consultant for Smith Barney specializing in Latin America, where he was a member of the “Blue Chip Council” and recipient of several productivity awards. He also worked at the Federal Reserve Bank in Peru, where he was responsible for the allocation and investment of the international reserves in foreign currency.

Mr. Cuneo holds a Bachelor Degree in Finance from the University of North Texas and a Degree from the Graduate School of Finance “Escuela Superior de Administración y Negocios-ESAN”-Lima, Peru.

Catalina Cadavid is the Chief Compliance and AML Officer at Bulltick Capital Markets. She oversees all compliance, AML and regulatory aspects of its affiliated entities: Bulltick LLC, Bulltick Securities LLC and Quantek Asset Management LLC.

Ms. Cadavid has 14 years of experience in the US and Latin American financial industry, eight of them in regulatory and compliance positions. Previous to Bulltick, she served as Chief Compliance and AML Officer for WallStreet*E, a broker dealer in Miami. Previously, she worked as a proprietary trader for Fidupacifico S.A. in Colombia, and before that, served as Investment Manager for a private fixed income fund for Ultrabursatiles S.A., a registered broker dealer in Colombia.

Ms. Cadavid holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Universidad Javeriana and a certificate of advanced studies in Finance from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, both Colombian institutions.

Ms. Cadavid is a certified Registered Compliance Professional by the FINRA Institute at Wharton and a CAMS certified AML specialist. She holds a number of FINRA licenses including: a Series 7 (Registered Representative), Series 4 (General Options Principal), Series 24 (General Securities Principal), Series 63 (State Law Securities Agent) and Series 87 (Research Analyst Regulatory and Best Practice). She also holds a Series 3 (National Commodity Futures registration) with the NFA.

Peter Cejas is General Counsel at Quantek Asset Management.

Previously, he was a legal consultant for various hedge fund managers, and General Counsel at an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in distressed fixed income investment strategies. He also served as in-house counsel for large financial institution where he handled regulatory and compliance issues for various offshore investment vehicles.

Mr. Cejas was previously an attorney for a national law firm where he represented U.S. and non-U.S. investment advisers on various regulatory and compliance matters and formed and advised private and international investment funds that were exempt from registration with the SEC, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds, mezzanine funds, emerging market funds and non-U.S. mutual funds. Mr. Cejas began his legal career practicing with a boutique law firm specializing in offshore variable insurance products.

Mr. Cejas holds a B.S. in managerial economics from the University of California at Davis, a J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of International Management.