Robert Baumbach

 Robert Baumbach is a Portfolio Manager at Karner Blue Capital, LLC. He served as a consultant to the firm’s Investment Committee beginning in November 2019 and became a member of the Investment Committee in September 2020. He began his career in 1985 at Standard & Poor’s Corporation as an equity research analyst. In 1990, he transitioned to the buy side, first as a Vice President and Equity Research Analyst at Keystone Custodian Funds and later as a Senior Vice President and Equity Research Analyst at Putnam Investments. Mr. Baumbach then joined Babson Capital Management in 1999 as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, successfully co-managing micro-cap, small-cap, and mid-cap core and growth strategies, as well as a long/short micro-cap hedge fund. He received a B.S in Business Administration from Towson State University and an M.S in Business from the University of Baltimore.