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Principal, Portfolio Manager
Jim began his career as an equity analyst at Investment & Capital Management in 1987. He then joined Kemper Financial Services as a research analyst supporting the portfolio managers, two of whom were Jerry Castellini and Bob Takazawa.
In 1993, Jim joined American Century as a small cap growth portfolio manager. After 12 years managing small cap growth portfolios, Jim teamed with Greg Baxter at M&I Investment Management.
In 2007, Jim and Greg reunited with Jerry and Bob to manage the Small and SMID Growth strategies for CastleArk.