John Held joined Counterpoint Mutual Funds in 2019. Mr. Held is a seasoned marketing and sales executive with more than a decade of experience leading product marketing, corporate communications, brand marketing, and sales operations for start-ups to public companies. Prior to joining the Firm, John founded VistaChannel, LLC, a marketing and sales consultancy, and has held a series of marketing leadership roles in technology companies delivering data and analytics, video streaming, consumer electronics and video software solutions, including VizExplorer, NeuLion (now Endeavor Streaming), Rovi Corp (now TiVo) and DivX.

John obtained an MBA from the Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Santa Clara University. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, John is passionate about current events, technological disruption, investment strategy and modern history.