Elastic: Is that elusive growth inflection within the view? (NYSE:ESTC)

Bert Hochfeld graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and received an MBA from Harvard. Mr. Hochfeld enjoyed a long career in the technology world, working for IBM, Memorex/Telex, Raytheon Data Systems and BMC Software. Since the 1990s, Mr. Hochfeld has worked as a sell-side analyst and won awards from the Wall Street Journal for his coverage of the software space. In 2001, Mr. Hochfeld founded his own independent research company, Hochfeld Independent Research Group, which has provided research services to major institutions including Fidelity, Columbia Asset, SAC Capital and many other prominent institutions and hedge funds. He also operated the Hepplewhite Fund, a hedge fund specializing in technology investments. Hedge Fund Research, an independent third-party firm that specializes in ranking managers, rated the Hepplewhite Fund as the best-performing small-cap fund for the 5 years ending in 2011. In 2012, Mr. Hochfeld was convicted of embezzling of funds from a hedge fund. he operated. Mr. Hochfeld has published over 500 articles on Seeking Alpha, all of which deal with companies in the information technology space. Highly regarded for his investment wisdom accumulated over decades, Mr. Hochfeld ranks in the top 0.1% of Tip Ranks analysts for his selection of information technology stocks and their subsequent successes.