Silvant Capital Management

Michael Sansoterra is chief investment officer, managing director, and senior portfolio manager at Silvant Capital Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Mr. Sansoterra joined Silvant in 2007 through its predecessor firm, Trusco Capital Management. Previously, he was at Principal Global Investors, where he held several positions during his tenure there, including portfolio manager of large cap diversified growth, director of research for large/mid-cap domestic equities, and senior equity analyst. Earlier in his career, he worked as a senior equity analyst for USAA Investment Management and as an equity analyst and portfolio manager at The Northern Trust Company. He has worked in investment management since 1996.

Mr. Sansoterra earned a B.S. in economics from The University of Michigan.

Brandi Allen is a managing director and portfolio manager at Silvant Capital Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Prior to joining Silvant in 2006, Ms. Allen worked at Oak Associates as co-portfolio manager of a healthcare biotech fund and a small-cap growth fund. Ms. Allen has been working in the investment industry, focusing on healthcare and portfolio management, since 1997.

Ms. Allen earned a BBA with honors in Finance from Ohio University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Sowmdeb Sen is a managing director and portfolio manager at Silvant Capital Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Prior to joining Silvant in 2010, Mr. Sen served as a research analyst for Certium Asset Management for two years, where he covered the European financial and healthcare sectors, as well as Southeast Asian markets. Prior to joining Certium, he worked for Eagle Asset Management for eight years covering financials. He has worked in the investment industry since 1999.

Mr. Sen earned an M.S. in mathematical finance from the University of Southern California, an M.S. in economics from SUNY Buffalo, and an M.S. in mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Sandeep Bhatia is a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Silvant Capital Management, an investment management affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners.

Mr. Bhatia joined Silvant in 2007 through its predecessor firm, Trusco Capital Management. Previously, Mr. Bhatia served as a senior research analyst for Eagle Asset Management, focusing on the healthcare sector from 2005-2007. Previously, he worked as a sell-side senior equity research analyst in the healthcare sector at Piper Jaffray and as an equity research analyst at Dain Rauscher Wessels. Mr. Bhatia has worked in investment management since 2000 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder.

Mr. Bhatia earned an M.B.A. with High Honors from the University of Chicago with a concentration in finance, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University, and a bachelor of technology degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.