Nancy Beth Prial

Chief Executive Officer at

Essex Investment Management Co. LLC

69 year

Finance

Consumer Services

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Ms. Nancy B. Prial, CFA MBA, is a Co-Chief Executive Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager at Essex Investment Management Co. LLC.
She manages micro, small, and SMID growth strategies.
Prior to joining Essex in 2005, she spent six years at Burridge Growth Partners as the Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President responsible for the SMID and Small Cap Growth Strategies.
Previously, she spent four years as a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at American Century Investors where her responsibilities included leading the team that managed the Heritage Fund.
She began her career at Frontier Capital Management in 1984 where she served as both a fundamental analyst and portfolio manager in the small and mid cap area.
She earned a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Mathematics from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
She serves as a trustee for Bucknell University and is the Chair of the Finance Committee.
In addition, She is on the executive board of the Evanston Art Center and is active in the CFA Society of Chicago where she serves in the Education Advisory Group.

Nancy Beth Prial active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Essex Investment Management Co. LLC Essex Investment Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Essex specializes in domestic (US) growth equity strategies. The firm employs fundamental research combined with active portfolio management for the selection of equity investments. They combine bottom-up stock selection with top-down secular trend analysis for portfolio management process.	Chief Executive Officer	2004-12-31

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The Burridge Group LLC The Burridge Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance TBG uses a fundamental research driven investment process to capture the growth potential of small- to mid-cap stocks. The strategy is geared to identify those companies with the best combination of future earnings growth and attractive valuation. Once companies with accelerating earnings growth have been identified, the team conducts fundamental research to determine if the perceived change in the company's growth rate is sustainable and whether the future earnings power is fully reflected in the company's stock price. The firm's research team conducts ongoing fundamental research to monitor the earnings growth rate and stock valuation of portfolio holdings. Positions that have appreciated and are approaching high valuations are trimmed. Companies whose future earnings growth rates are decelerating or whose current earnings are not meeting expectations are sold.	Director of Research - Equity	2004-12-30
American Century Investment Management, Inc. American Century Investment Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance ACIM uses a variety of methods of analysis and investment strategies in managing their clients’ assets. These methods of analysis and strategies are generally designed for strategic, long-term investing. Most client portfolios managed by the firm pursue an investment strategy using an equity, fixed income, alternative or multi-asset approach.	Corporate Officer/Principal	1997-12-30
Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Frontier’s primary focus is their internally generated fundamental research. Through in-depth bottom up-analysis, the firm identifies companies that they believe have the potential to show above average returns for their clients' portfolios. All Frontier investment strategies follow one investment process with a long-term orientation that seeks to generate superior results for clients over varying market cycles through rigorous, fundamental research.	Analyst-Equity	-

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Essex Investment Management Co. LLC Essex Investment Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Essex specializes in domestic (US) growth equity strategies. The firm employs fundamental research combined with active portfolio management for the selection of equity investments. They combine bottom-up stock selection with top-down secular trend analysis for portfolio management process.	Finance
Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Frontier’s primary focus is their internally generated fundamental research. Through in-depth bottom up-analysis, the firm identifies companies that they believe have the potential to show above average returns for their clients' portfolios. All Frontier investment strategies follow one investment process with a long-term orientation that seeks to generate superior results for clients over varying market cycles through rigorous, fundamental research.	Finance
American Century Investment Management, Inc. American Century Investment Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance ACIM uses a variety of methods of analysis and investment strategies in managing their clients’ assets. These methods of analysis and strategies are generally designed for strategic, long-term investing. Most client portfolios managed by the firm pursue an investment strategy using an equity, fixed income, alternative or multi-asset approach.	Finance
The Burridge Group LLC The Burridge Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance TBG uses a fundamental research driven investment process to capture the growth potential of small- to mid-cap stocks. The strategy is geared to identify those companies with the best combination of future earnings growth and attractive valuation. Once companies with accelerating earnings growth have been identified, the team conducts fundamental research to determine if the perceived change in the company's growth rate is sustainable and whether the future earnings power is fully reflected in the company's stock price. The firm's research team conducts ongoing fundamental research to monitor the earnings growth rate and stock valuation of portfolio holdings. Positions that have appreciated and are approaching high valuations are trimmed. Companies whose future earnings growth rates are decelerating or whose current earnings are not meeting expectations are sold.	Finance
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Bucknell University Bucknell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services