About Us

David C. Wright, JD, is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Ocean Park Asset Management. He jointly oversees all aspects of the organizations’ activities, including portfolio management, research, and client relationships. Dave recognizes the challenge of portfolio management, enlisting a high aptitude for applied math to assiduously keep his clients financially safe.

After 13 years with major Los Angeles law firms, Dave served several years as Director of Technical Research for Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc., before co-founding Sierra Investment Management in 1987 with Dr. Kenneth L. Sleeper.

Dave earned a JD from the University of Chicago and a BS, Civil Engineering, from Swarthmore College.

James St. Aubin, CFA®, CAIA®, is Chief Investment Officer for Sierra Mutual Funds and Ocean Park Asset Management. He has oversight of all activities of the Investment Management department, in collaboration with Sierra co-founders David Wright and Kenneth Sleeper. An accomplished investment management executive, his career of more than 20 years includes leadership roles in asset allocation, manager research and portfolio construction. James earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from DePaul University and is a CFA® and CAIA® Charterholder. He is a Board Member and Treasurer for Children’s Bureau of Southern California, a local non-profit organization focused on primary prevention of child abuse.

Ryan Harder, CFA®, is Chief Investment Strategist for Sierra Mutual Funds and Ocean Park Asset Management. He oversees research, trading, and portfolio management for the firm, and his career of more than 20 years includes roles as portfolio manager, equity research analyst and managing director. Ryan earned a BA in Economics, with honors, from Brock University in Ontario, Canada and a M.Sc. in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, in the United Kingdom. He is a CFA® Charterholder. Ryan enjoys playing ice hockey and watching auto racing with his wife and four children.

As Senior Research Analyst, Marshall Quan enjoys discovering new vehicles for clients to invest in, as well as identifying changes in trends as they occur. Ever attentive to helping clients preserve their wealth, Marshall is responsible for investment monitoring and analysis, securities screening execution and reporting, technical analysis, and portfolio construction among other investment management and operational duties.

Marshall earned his BS degree in Business Administration: Classical Management – Finance from Cal State University at Dominguez Hills. He joined Sierra in 1999.

A member of the investment team since 2019, Yanni Dalkos is responsible for technical investment research, due diligence, data analysis, and trading among other investment management and operational duties. He enjoys helping clients understand how to preserve their wealth by examining the relationship between risk and return. Combined with research, Yanni feels this awareness ultimately improves client’s results.

With a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s in quantitative economics from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, Yanni is the first in his family to both graduate from a four-year university and earn a master’s degree.

Henry Reid joined the investment team 2020. As a self-described analytical person and avid fan of sports and statistics, Henry is primed for his role as Portfolio Reporting Administrator, helping clients secure their futures and achieve financial freedom. Henry is responsible for research, analysis, data visualization, and performance and data reporting among other investment management and operational duties. 

Henry earned his BS degree in Economics and MS degree in Finance from the University of Oregon at Eugene.