John P. Reese is considered an expert in the systematic investing methodologies of legendary investors, including Peter Lynch, Ben Graham, Warren Buffett and many others. He has been active in the development of fundamentally-based quantitative models since the mid-90s. His commentary and research on Seeking Alpha will include stock ideas, strategy related pieces, value investing concepts, behavioral finance related posts, systematic and modeling methods as well as other long term investing concepts. John is founder and CEO of Validea.com and also co-founder of Validea Capital Management, a separate account asset management firm serving individuals and institutions. John sub-advises the National Bank Consensus American and International Equity Funds offered in the Canadian market. He holds two U.S. patents in the area of automated stock analysis and is considered an expert in the field of quantitative stock selection using the strategies of investing legends. John is a columnist for TheStreet.com, Forbes.com and Canada's Globe & Mail and is co-author of “The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies". He holds a master's of business administration from Harvard Business School and a degree in computer science from MIT. A more complete biography can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Reese