Mike Ashton

Mr. Michael L.
Ashton, CFA MBA, is a Portfolio Manager at Pacific View Asset Management LLC.
He joined the firm in July 2013 as the Portfolio Manager and head of Pacific View’s U.S.
Growth Equity team.
He has over 20 years of industry experience.
Mr. Ashton's investment career began in 1999 at Deutsche Bank Alex.
Brown, as an Associate in the Venture Capital Services Group, focusing on venture capital clients engaged in public equity market transactions.
In 2006, he joined Insight Capital Research and Management.
While at Insight, he served as an Equity Analyst (2006 – 2010) for the firm’s Small Cap Growth, SMid Cap Growth, All Cap Growth and Concentrated Growth strategies, as a Portfolio Manager (2010 – 2013) for the firm’s Small Cap Growth, SMid Cap Growth, and Concentrated Growth strategies, and as Portfolio Manager (2009 – 2013) for the firm’s Large Cap Growth Strategy.
In addition, he also served on Insight’s Investment Committee and Management Committee.
He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Bucknell University in 1997 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005.
Mike is a CFA charterholder.