Mr. Ruland joined Atalanta Sosnoff as a Research Analyst in April, 2002 and was promoted to the Investment Policy Committee in January of 2006 and was named Co-Chief Investment Officer of Equities in December 2023. He was formerly a Research Analyst at Eagle Growth Investors, LLC. Previously, he was a Research Analyst at Lehman Brothers and Banc of America Securities. Mr. Ruland earned a B.S. degree in Finance from the State University of New York at Albany in 1990 and an M.B.A. from New York University in 1995. Mr. Ruland is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. Mr. Ruland is an equity participant of the firm.
Mr. Ward joined Atalanta Sosnoff as Senior Technology Analyst in September, 2018. Mr. Ward was promoted to Portfolio Manager in February 2021 and was named Co-Chief Investment Officer of Equities in December 2023. Prior to joining the firm, he was Head of US Large Cap (since 2014), Co-Fund Manager (since 2014), and Equity Analyst (since 2005) for Schroder Investment Management’s US Large Cap strategy. Previously, he was an Equity Analyst at Phoenix-Engemann and Franklin Templeton. Mr. Ward earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Georgetown University in 1995. Mr. Ward is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. Mr. Ward is an equity participant of the firm.
Mr Sileo joined Atalanta Sosnoff in March 2004 as a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager where his duties include marketing, client service, asset allocation and fixed income portfolio management. He is the Co-Director of Core Fixed strategies. Prior to joining the Company he served as Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Harbor Capital, Alliance Capital, Shields Asset Management and the Bank of New York. Mr. Sileo earned a B.A. from SUNY Oswego and an M.B.A from Pace University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Mr. Thunelius has over 26 years of broad investment experience in fixed income portfolio management, trading and risk management. At Atalanta Sosnoff Mr. Thunelius serves as Managing Director and the Co-Director of Core strategies. Previously, he served in many other roles delivering top peer group performance rankings in years like 1998, 2008, and has received top performing Portfolio Manager awards across various strategies including mortgages, governments, Core, Core Plus, Strategic Global Income, and low duration strategies. He has worked with major publications, including Barron’s, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, as well as a guest contributor to Forbes, and has appeared on Bloomberg TV. He earned his BBA in Finance from Dowling College.
