Growth Equity

 

Dean McQuiddy, CFA, Principal

Director of Equity Investments
27 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. McQuiddy is a founding Principal of Sawgrass Asset Management and directs the firm’s equity management and research efforts. He is the lead portfolio manager for the Sawgrass small cap growth equity portfolios and serves on the firm’s management committee. Prior to Sawgrass, he spent 15 years at Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. and was solely responsible for creating the firm’s small cap growth product in January of 1987. Mr. McQuiddy received his B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida and holds a membership in and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from The CFA Institute (formerly AIMR).

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Martin (Marty) LaPrade, CFA, Partner

Growth Equity Portfolio Manager
33 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. LaPrade is a Partner at Sawgrass Asset Management and serves as an Equity Portfolio Manager, primarily responsible for large and small cap growth portfolios at Sawgrass Asset Management. As a member of the equity research committee and the firm’s management committee, he is responsible for merging quantitative equity models with specific security selection. Prior to Sawgrass, he was an equity portfolio manager with Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. where he was an integral part of the institutional investment team and research committee. Mr. LaPrade received his B.S. in Accounting from Furman University. He is a member of the Jacksonville Financial Analysts Society and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from The CFA Institute (formerly AIMR), of which he is also a member.

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Rusty Creighton, CFA

Growth Equity Portfolio Manager
30 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Creighton serves as a Growth Equity Portfolio Manager at Sawgrass Asset Management. He also serves on the equity management research committee with responsibility for the firm’s quantitative and fundamental research. Mr. Creighton was formerly with St. Johns Investment Management Company and Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc. where he served as an equity portfolio manager. Mr. Creighton has a B.S. from Stetson University and an M.B.A. from the University of North Florida. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of The CFA Institute and the CFA Society.

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Patrick (Pat) Riley, CFA, Partner

Growth Equity Portfolio Manager
20 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Riley is a Partner and is primarily responsible for generating new ideas for both the small cap and large cap portfolios by managing a new ideas “on-deck” portfolio specific to each product. He is the Assistant Portfolio Manager on all small cap growth equity portfolios and serves on the Firm’s Equity Management Research Committee. Additionally, Mr. Riley assists in the maintenance of the Firm’s proprietary quantitative modeling system. Mr. Riley was formerly with Barnett Capital Advisors, Inc., where he served as Senior Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager for the small cap growth equity product. Mr. Riley has a M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from Auburn University and a B.B.A. with a major in Marketing from Marshall University. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of The CFA Institute (formerly AIMR) and the Jacksonville Financial Analysts Society.

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Marc Davis, CFA

Equity Research Analyst
13 Years of Investment Experience

Mr. Davis is an Equity Research Analyst for all of the equity portfolios at Sawgrass Asset Management. He serves on the firm’s equity management research committee and is primarily responsible for quantitative and fundamental research. Mr. Davis graduated from Wake Forest University with a M.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics. He has previous work experience with the Charles Schwab Corporation and the Vanguard Group. Mr. Davis has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of The CFA Institute (formerly AIMR) and the Jacksonville Financial Analysts Society.