Robert C. Auer, Senior Portfolio Manager
Robert Auer is the founder of SBAuer Funds, LLC and has served as the senior portfolio manager for the Auer Growth Fund since its inception. Bob is a true student of the market and its history. He is focused on the challenge of "building the better mousetrap."

Previously, Bob served as Vice President Investments for Morgan Stanley from 1986 through August 2007, advising approximately 350 accounts with total assets under management in excess of $100 million. Three times, Bob was awarded the National Sales director award, granted to the top 10% of Financial Advisors at Morgan Stanley. 

Bob was the lead stock market columnist for the IBJ (Indianapolis Business Journal), responsible for a weekly full-page column for eight years from 1996 to 2004. He had over 400 columns in print on many investment topics and lessons. The IBJ has been recognized consistently as one of the top local weekly business publications in the United States. 

On the national Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for mathematical ability, Bob scored in the top 1% in the nation of college-bound students. He holds a BS in Business/Systems from Taylor University, 1983. Robert lives in Carmel, Indiana with his wife and their two sons.

Bob is often quoted in the financial press for his expertise in stock picking.

Bryan L. Auer, Portfolio Analyst 
Bryan Auer serves as an analyst for SBAuer Funds LLC. Bryan developed the stock selection screens used by the Fund today.

Since 1986, Bryan has been a private investor and was a client of Robert Auer at Morgan Stanley, where the investment discipline that now underlies the Auer Growth Fund was employed exclusively on the Bryan Auer accounts. 

Bryan is married and has two sons, Robert and Paul.

David S. Gilreath, Chief Compliance Officer
David Gilreath is a founding principal of Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors, LLC. Dave has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry beginning with Bache Halsey Stuart Shields and later, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Dave attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he earned a Bachelor of Science. Dave went on to obtain his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1984.  He lives in Carmel, Indiana with his wife Lori and their three children.

Ron Brock, Chief Financial Officer
Ron Brock is a founding principal of Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors, LLC.  Ron has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry beginning with Prudential Bache Securities and later, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. 

Ron attended the Indiana University School of Business where he earned a Bachelor of Science, majoring in accounting. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife Ann and their two daughters.

B. Paul Auer, Senior Portfolio Analyst
Paul Auer served as CEO and President of a specialty pharmaceutical company for 20 years before joining the Auer Growth Fund in 2008. During that 20 years, Auer also successfully utilized the Auer Growth Fund model for personal investments.

Auer is responsible for analyzing over 8000 stocks each quarter using an in-depth and disciplined twelve step screening process that focuses on growth and earnings strength. Only those securities that meet all twelve sets of screens are recommended for purchasing for the portfolio. Usually only 100 – 200 equities will qualify each quarter.