Ben is Founding Principal, CIO and Portfolio Manager at Waycross Partners serving on the Board of Directors. Before founding Waycross Partners in 2005, Ben was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Equity Analyst for Invesco where he was responsible for managing two mid cap strategies and led the firm’s technology and telecom research effort. Prior to Invesco, Ben worked for what is now J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Ben attended the University of Kentucky where he earned a B.B.A. in Finance and went on to earn his M.B.A. at Indiana University. Ben is a CFA charter holder and past President of the CFA Society of Louisville where he served on the board for several years. A former soccer player himself, he also now coaches competitive youth soccer.