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The Human Face of InvestingYour financial portfolio is only as good as the professionals who manage itSeascape Capital Management principals are investment professionals with over 50 years of combined portfolio management experience. They are supported by a talented, dedicated professional staff with a passion for attention to detail.  Jim McCarthy, CFP®, CIMA, is a Principal and a senior financial services professional with extensive portfolio management credentials. He founded Seascape Capital Management, LLC in 2003 as a platform from which to offer individual and institutional investors his proprietary investment strategies based on exacting investment selection criteria and quantitative models. Today, he oversees the firm’s SeaPort® Portfolio Management System, an exclusive process that embodies the firm’s core strength in managing portfolios of individual equity securities. Prior to founding Seascape, Mr. McCarthy served as a Senior Vice President/Senior Portfolio Manager for the Private Portfolio Group at CitiGroup Global Markets from 1985 to 2003. He earned the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) Designation in 1987, and the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation in 2001 from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  Monica Ness, CFA®, is Principal and a senior financial services professional with comprehensive experience in investments, research and portfolio management, as well as in business management, legal and compliance issues. Prior to joining Seascape in 2005 as Senior Portfolio Manager and Chief Compliance Officer, she created and managed two Boston-based investment management firms; and most recently served as Chief Investment Officer for the investment advisory arm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, a major Boston law firm where she led a team of analysts in investment strategy, process and research. Ms. Ness’s past analytical work includes the development of a proprietary quantitative stock ranking system. She was awarded a CFA® Charter, a MBA from the University of South Carolina and a BA from the University of Virginia in economics.  Kate Caswell joined Seascape Capital Management in 2005 as Investment Systems Administrator. Her primary responsibility is the maintenance of client relationship and investment management systems used by Seascape on a daily basis. Ms. Caswell also interacts daily with both custodians and clients to ensure the integrity of incoming data as well as customer satisfaction. She is key to maintaining the tools that allow the principals of the firm to focus on doing the best job they can for Seascape’s clients. Ms. Caswell joined Seascape most recently from Citizens Bank where she spent seven years progressing through a variety of operational positions. Her responsibilities included daily account reconciliation, training staff, performing account in-line transfers and a multitude of independent projects. Ms. Caswell is a devoted reader and, since joining the firm, has developed quite a talent for graphics software.  Suzanne Johnson joined Seascape Capital Management in June 2011 as Investment Services Manager. Suzanne ensures that our clients have a positive experience with both our firm and custodians. From account opening to account service requests, she acts as a liaison to fulfill and exceed client expectations. In addition to her client service role, Suzanne acts as office manager, responsible for the bookkeeping and human resource functions for the firm. She joins us from another local advisory firm, Weyland Capital Management, where she performed in a similar capacity as client account manager and office manager for almost six years. Suzanne's diverse administrative experience was gained in executive support and project management roles in both start-up and established companies ranging from telecommunications, commercial loan underwriting, and defense industries. |