Joshua Kalter (president/owner): Mr. Kalter has over 25 years of experience in trading metals, ores, and alloys in international trading firms. Specifically he has physical trade expertise in non-ferrous metals and has traded on the LME and COMEX. Mr. Kalter has great familiarity with producers and consumers on both the executive and plant levels in the metals, automotive, building and construction, packaging and steel industries. Mr. Kalter has extensive knowledge of the global metals, ores, and alloys transportation and logistics operations, especially the importation of Chinese metals. He has also established detailed hedging, freight, warehousing, and distribution programs for the metal industry. Mr. Kalter consults extensively with a wide array of hedge funds regarding the physical metal markets, and has delivered seminars on various topics. His expertise includes aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, tin, silicon, magnesium, manganese, chrome, titanium, molybdenum, cobalt, ferroalloys, steel industry raw materials, scrap & recycling, and base metal alloys. Mr. Kalter holds a Series 7 license, and a BS and an MBA from New York University.

Aliza Battat (CFO/COO): Ms. Battat has worked as CFO/COO for Network Metals since 2007. Previously she was a financial manager of an international import/export company, and is familiar with international commercial finance and credit management. Of particular advantage to the Network Metals consulting practice is her past experience at Philipp Morris Corp. as a sales finance national account manager and a trade relations analyst on their Sarbanes-Oxley project. This experience, along with her CPA and auditing skills, enables Ms. Battat to provide in-depth financial statement analysis in the metals and mining sector. Ms. Battat holds a CPA and a BA from Hofstra University.

Ryan Vota (vice president): Mr. Vota previously worked as a base, precious and minor metals analyst for a New York investment bank specifically focused on financing of metals and mining companies. He has broad experience in analysis of metals and mining companies, and writes in-depth reports on public and private companies in the sector. He also has experience in the import, sale and distribution of various industrial metals including copper and molybdenum. Mr. Vota holds Series 7 and 63 licenses, and a BA from Boston University.