At Vivaldi, Scott is the quarterback behind the due-diligence process and assessing whether a new strategy is suitable for the firm’s Investment Platform. Scott joined Vivaldi from Citadel in New York where he worked as a Derivatives Analyst focused on Risk Management inside their Surveyor group, a multi-manager long/short equity platform that managed $13 Billion. Scott is a seasoned investment professional with 25-years of experience analyzing and managing Fund of Hedge Fund portfolios and trading equity options on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Matthew R. Kennedy, CFA is a Senior Portfolio Manager of Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Kennedy spent seven years as a portfolio manager with Rainier Investment Management, LLC, where he served as Director of Fixed Income Management. Mr. Kennedy began his investment career in 1995 at GE Financial Assurance, where he served as a Senior Analyst and made investment recommendations for investment grade, high yield, and private placement portfolios. From 1991 through 1994, he was a CPA and Auditor at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Kennedy is a member of the CFA Institute and the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Mr. Kennedy received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, with specializations in Finance and Accounting, from Washington State University.

Michael Peck is President and Co-Chief Investment Officer and responsible for all portfolio management as well as creating and implementing the strategic vision of the firm. Prior to Vivaldi, Michael was a Portfolio Manager at Coe Capital Management, a Chicago-based registered investment adviser and also a Financial Analyst and Risk Manager for Bond Companies. Michael graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He also holds a Masters in Finance and a Master’s in Business Administration in both Finance & Real Estate from DePaul University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

Sreeni is a co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Angel Oak Capital and is responsible for the overall investment strategy of the firm. Prior to Angel Oak, Sreeni was the Chief Investment Officer of the investment portfolio at Washington Mutual Bank in Seattle where he managed a $25 billion portfolio. He was also part of the macro asset strategy team at the bank. Sreeni previously worked for six years at SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, where he was responsible for investment strategies and served as Head Portfolio Manager for the $3 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities portfolio. He began his career at SunTrust in 1998 as a Bank Analyst focused on asset/liability management and liquidity strategies. Sreeni holds a B.B.A. degree in Economics from Georgia College and State University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Georgia State University.

Kyle Mowery is a Managing Partner, Portfolio Manager and Founder at GrizzlyRock Capital. With 13 years of investment experience, Kyle began his career at PAAMCO, a leading fund of hedge funds, where he served as an analyst. Subsequently, Kyle invested directly in high yield corporate securities at T.H. Lee Senior Credit Strategies, working on both primary issuances and secondary trade recommendations in private and public businesses. Afterward, Kyle joined BMO Capital Markets’ middle market leveraged finance team. As a generalist, Kyle and the team were responsible for investing bank capital; evaluating and managing funding with private companies across industries such as consumer, healthcare, industrial, and business services. Kyle founded GrizzlyRock Capital in 2012. Kyle holds an M.B.A from University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business with concentrations in in Finance, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship. Kyle’s undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Economics and with a minor in Political Science from UCLA.

Mr. Brian Murphy joined Vivaldi in March 2014 as a Senior Research Analyst and currently serves as portfolio manager. Mr. Murphy was previously a Director at Voyager Management, LLC, a fund of hedge fund firm, from 2010 to 2014. Prior to Voyager Management, from 2009 to 2010, Mr. Murphy was Derivatives Product Specialist at Analytic Investors, specializing in quantitative derivative hedge fund strategies. Mr. Murphy was also a Senior Analyst at Iron Partners, LLC, a fund of hedge fund firm, from 2007 to 2009, where he was primarily responsible for covering hedged equity, equity trading, derivative and structured product services. Mr. Murphy graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Colin is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Angel Oak Capital and serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Multi-Strategy Income Fund, the UltraShort Income Fund, the Strategic Credit Fund, and the Strategic Mortgage Income Fund. He also focuses on security and portfolio analytics and is responsible for building and managing strategies within the residential mortgage-backed securities market. Colin joined Angel Oak in 2012, and serves as a voting member of the firm’s public funds Investment Committee. He is also a speaker on many of the firm’s quarterly calls for both its private and public funds. Prior to Angel Oak, Colin worked for Prodigus Capital Management where he was responsible for the acquisition and management of their distressed debt portfolio, as well as the development of their proprietary financial technology platform. Previously, Colin worked in the Real Estate Capital Markets group for Wachovia Bank and Wells Fargo where he focused on risk management for their commercial real estate REPO lines. Colin holds B.B.A. degrees in Banking & Finance and Real Estate from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.