Mr. Gollehon was Benchmark Plus' first employee beyond the founding principals.  Jeremy now leads a small team overseeing the firms' initiatives in creating an extremely productive and efficient workplace.  He also had a partial role in developing the Benchmark Plus Real Alpha™ process.  Jeremy writes all of the firm’s proprietary analytic tools for the evaluation and monitoring of potential investments. He also designs the systems and software for other parts of the Benchmark business utilizing both in-house and external resources with the majority of projects accomplished internally.  Jeremy graduated from Pacific Lutheran University receiving a BBA with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Mr. Bargelt has over fifteen years of software development and technical engineering experience. Prior to joining Benchmark Plus, Mr. Bargelt was the Software Development Manager for the Intranet Platform team at Washington Mutual.  Prior to joining Washington Mutual, he was the Director of Technology for Verus, Inc where he oversaw all software architecture and development.  Steve started his software development career at Microsoft where he was a member of the Windows and Internet Explorer product teams.  Steve is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).