A financial management professional, Robert Justich has devoted nearly three decades of service to several major asset managment companies. He has led teams in the areas of proprietary trading, fixed income research, and portfolio management. Until recently, Justich worked at Bear Stearns Asset Management, Inc., headquartered in New York City. He managed a range of fixed income portfolios to suit the specific needs of institutional investors.

In the early days of his career in the financial industry, Robert Justich worked as a manager for Arthur Young & Company, specializing in bank mergers and asset/liability management. After this early role, he served from 1988 until 1995 as a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, a premier financial services and wealth advisory company based in New York City. During his seven years at this firm, he handled proprietary trading and research in the company's corporate bond trading division. Beginning in the late 1990s, Justich devoted five years of service to TimesSquare Capital Management, Inc.

Earlier in his professional development, Justich directed the global fixed income research department of Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he was responsible for $9 billion in assets. In 2005, he authored a landmark research paper, The Underground Labor Force Rises To The Surface, which was featured on the cover of Barron's and was used by the United States Congress in the debate on immigration legislation.

Committed to cultural preservation, Robert Justich executive produced "Us and Them," a documentary project that explored the meaning of national anthems through a series of recordings featuring musicians from around the world.

In 1982, Robert Justich earned a Master of Business Administration from Rutgers Graduate School of Management, where he studied finance. Prior to receiving his MBA, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Rutgers University.