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    About GNG Research

    Institutional-quality research and tools, built for individual investors by people who do the work themselves.

    Graham and Galas Research started with a simple idea: individual investors deserve the same quality of financial research that institutions get. Adam Galas and Connor Graham took the chance and built it from scratch.

    Adam brought over two decades of published investment research from The Motley Fool, Simply Safe Dividends, and Seeking Alpha, while Connor engineered the data infrastructure and platform to bring it all together.

    What began as a two-person operation grew into something bigger. Glenn Ford and Leo Nelissen came on as contributing analysts, each bringing their own lens to equity research.

    Glenn with his quantitative, systems-driven approach and Leo with his macro-to-micro framework connecting economic cycles to individual stock ideas. Their work expanded the depth and breadth of coverage members rely on every day.

    Most recently, Tyler Hochrine joined the engineering side to help Connor build and scale the platform. Tyler is a Clemson computer science graduate with enterprise software experience, and his addition lets the team ship faster and tackle the infrastructure challenges that come with covering thousands of companies in real time.

    Today, GNG covers publicly traded US companies with proprietary Safety Scores, Quality Scores, and Valuation Ratings, all updated daily after market close. The research terminal tracks more than 300 financial metrics per company, backed by complete price history going back to 1999. It's the platform we wished existed when we started investing, so we built it.

    The people behind the research

    Meet the Team

    Analysts and engineers who read the footnotes so you don't have to. Decades of published research and the infrastructure to back every call with data.

    Leadership

    Adam Galas

    Adam Galas

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Adam has been obsessed with markets since age nine and has spent the last two decades testing every strategy he could find.

    His professional track record spans The Motley Fool, Simply Safe Dividends, Seeking Alpha, and the Adam Mesh Trading Group—where he championed value-based, blue-chip dividend growth investing.

    Adam believes great research should teach as much as it informs. He pairs actionable calls with the education members need to build wealth for the long term.

    Connor Graham

    Connor Graham

    Co-Founder, CTO & COO

    Connor is a Clemson finance graduate, full-stack architect, and capital-markets operator who built Flock—the modeling and automation fabric that powers every data pipeline inside GNG Research.

    He leads engineering, product, and operations end-to-end, blending disciplined software delivery with rigorous financial forecasting so valuation frameworks, screening engines, and risk models evolve in lockstep with analyst insight.

    Connor keeps members in the flow by translating strategic research requirements into resilient workflows, ensuring the platform feels institutional in depth yet modern, intuitive, and fast for every investor who relies on it.

    Technical

    Tyler Hochrine

    Tyler Hochrine

    Software Developer

    Tyler is a Clemson computer science graduate and software developer who brings enterprise-grade engineering discipline to GNG Research's platform infrastructure.

    Before joining GNG, Tyler spent over three years at Fast Enterprises building government-scale software systems with .NET, AWS, and PostgreSQL. He also built a cross-platform mobile application for the Blue Ridge Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation using React Native, delivering tech education tools to underserved communities.

    Tyler thrives on learning new technologies quickly and applying them to build reliable, performant systems that scale.

    Analysts

    Glenn Ford

    Glenn Ford

    Contributing Analyst

    Glenn Ford is a Contributing Analyst at GNG Research with nearly two decades of market experience, investing since 2006. His professional background spans architecture and systems design, automation, cybersecurity and compliance, quantitative research modeling, data infrastructure, product and UX, marketing and content, partnerships, analytics, education, and strategic planning.

    He brings that cross-functional rigor to equity research, covering AI infrastructure and semiconductors, private credit and alternative asset managers, data-center REITs, fintech and insurtech, and energy infrastructure.

    Glenn's process combines deep fundamental work with quantitative tooling such as DCF, sensitivity ranges, Monte Carlo simulation, Bayesian bands, Rule-of-40 and cash-flow durability checks, and ROIC-minus-WACC analysis. Each piece includes a clear thesis, stated time horizon, and explicit "what would change my mind" triggers, with every source documented for transparency.

    Leo Nelissen

    Leo Nelissen

    Contributing Analyst

    Leo is a Contributing Analyst at GNG Research who focuses on cycles, incentives, and capital flows to understand how economic, policy, and geopolitical forces translate into long-term investment opportunities.

    His research bridges high-level macro analysis with actionable stock ideas, emphasizing businesses positioned to benefit structurally: wide-moat companies with pricing power, strong balance sheets, capable management, and the ability to compound shareholder value over time.

    For Leo, dividends are a key signal of business quality, capital discipline, and long-term resilience, not just income, but a reflection of sustainable growth. He pairs Big Picture macro frameworks with deep fundamental research to offer clear thinking in noisy markets.

    Interns

    Michael

    Michael

    Intern

    Michael is a senior at the University of Colorado Boulder pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. He has gained experience in the commercial real estate sector and has developed a strong interest in how macroeconomic trends influence market volatility.

    At GNG, Michael supports public equity research while developing his fundamental analysis skills under the teams mentorship. His combination of real-world industry experience, macroeconomic perspective, and analytical mindset makes him a valuable contributor to the research team.

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