About Us

Mr. Hillary founded Roubaix Capital, LLC in May 2015 and serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer. From 2010 to present, he has served as portfolio manager of the Roubaix Strategy. Prior to founding Roubaix, Mr. Hillary was a founding partner and served as a senior analyst at Independence Capital Asset Partners, LLC since its inception in 2004 through its transition to Roubaix in 2015. ICAP was an all-cap focused U.S. long/short equity fund that peaked at ~$750mm AUM before liquidating in 2015. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Hillary was an analyst at Marsico Capital Management working for their International Opportunities Fund as a generalist analyst. Mr. Hillary began his career on Morgan Stanley’s bond desk in New York City. Mr. Hillary is a graduate of Rutgers College and earned an MBA at the University of Colorado.

Mr. Fletcher joined Roubaix’s business management team in September 2020 and was appointed Chief Operations Officer and Chief Compliance Officer in March 2024. Prior to joining Roubaix, Mr. Fletcher served as an Operations Manager at Aduro Advisors, LLC from 2019 to 2020 where he consulted emerging venture capital managers on all accounting, operations, and financial functions. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Fletcher was a Senior Financial Analyst at ALPS, an SS&C Company, having spent his first several years in hedge fund accounting. Mr. Fletcher holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Louisiana Tech University.

Mr. O’Toole joined the investment team in August 2019 as a generalist equity research analyst. Prior to joining Roubaix, Mr. O’Toole served in a similar capacity at 22NW Fund, L.P., a small cap focused long/short equity fund since 2015. During 2014, Mr. O’Toole was a consultant for Engine Capital Management, a value oriented event-driven hedge fund. From 2006 through 2013, Mr. O’Toole was a generalist equity research analyst at Systematic Financial Management where he worked on their small and mid cap focused long-only value strategies. From 2000 through 2006 Mr. O’Toole held equity research analyst positions with progressively greater responsibility at Strong Capital Management, Northpointe Capital and RCM (part of Allianz Global Investors). Mr. O’Toole earned a Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a CFA charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute.

Ms. Shanker was appointed Chief Operations Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Roubaix upon its formation in May 2015 and transitioned to Chief Legal Officer in March 2024. She originally joined ICAP as Compliance Manager in April 2012 and became ICAP’s Chief Compliance Officer in March 2014. From April 2009 to April 2012, Ms. Shanker was an independent legal and compliance consultant for investment advisers, broker-dealers and other financial institutions. From 2000 to 2009, Ms. Shanker was Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for two distributing broker-dealers of ING. Prior to joining ING, Ms. Shanker was in the Legal/Compliance departments of MetLife and AXA from 1994 to 2000 where she provided advice on broker-dealer and investment advisor regulation. From 1990 to 1994, Ms. Shanker was an attorney in private practice in New York where she specialized in investment company, investment advisor and bank regulation at Rogers & Wells (NKA Clifford Chance) and Schulte Roth & Zabel. Ms. Shanker holds a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University and a JD from New York University School of Law and is a member of the bar in New York, Colorado and Connecticut.

Mr. Schoolcraft joined the investment team in June 2024 as a generalist equity research analyst with a focus on trading and portfolio support. Prior to joining Roubaix, Mr. Schoolcraft served as a research analyst at Copley Equity Partners in 2023 and University of Denver endowment, Marsico Investment Fund, in 2024 where he sourced and provided financial analysis reports on potential investments while earning an MBA and Certificate in Corporate Finance from the University of Denver. Additionally, Mr. Schoolcraft has served in a Director role for the BCS Family Foundation since 2015. From 2014 to 2021, Mr. Schoolcraft played professional golf on various tours in the United States and Canada including PGA Tour Canada and Korn Ferry Tour. Mr. Schoolcraft earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Oklahoma.