Management Team

David Brown
Sabrient Founder and Chairman

David Brown founded Sabrient Systems in December 2000. He led the design of Sabrient’s key ranking algorithms and for the past 25 years has led the development of Sabrient's quantitative research and portfolio selection process. He began his career as an engineer in NASA's Apollo program, leading a Surveyor project team that designed a lunar module landing gear that was eventually used on the spacecraft which put the first men on the moon. David later moved into the investment world where he has more than 40 years of experience employing his scientific approach to multifactor modeling. He is the former CEO of two public companies, including Telescan, Inc, a firm he founded and took public, and which is now part of TD Ameritrade. He has written several books on investing, and he serves on the Director's Council at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. David holds a BS degree in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston.

Scott Martindale
Chief Executive Officer 

Scott Martindale has been on the firm’s leadership team since 2003 and guides company strategy, product development, institutional sales, business development, and client relations for both Sabrient and wholly-owned subsidiary Gradient Analytics. He also writes market commentaries, including the Sector Detector newsletter. He began his career as a structural design engineer with Chevron Corp, where he held various engineering, analyst, and management positions. Scott holds a Series 65 license and has BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from the University of Arizona, and an MBA from California State University-Hayward.

Jeffrey Brown
Director of Quantitative Research

Jeff Brown manages quantitative research for Sabrient Systems. He has extensive experience as an IT manager in several industries and multiple countries. Over the past 20 years he has served as senior manager either on staff or as an independent contractor for, among others, Dell, Deloitte Consulting, IDEAglobal, AMD, Administaff, National Western Life Insurance, the US Department of State, and the US Department of Defense. Jeff holds a BS degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston.

Kassandra Bentley
Director of Corporate Communications

Sandra Bentley is in charge of corporate communications. Her background spans more than thirty years in advertising, investor relations, and corporate communications. She is a coauthor, with David Brown, of four books on investing, including All About Stock Market Strategies (McGraw-Hill, June 2002). She is also one of Sabrient's founders. Sandra graduated summa cum laude with a BA degree in English from the University of Houston.