Role: Portfolio Management
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Matt Stapf
Matt leads the Portfolio Management Process Oversight team, which oversees process-oriented production activities within Fixed Income and Derivatives Portfolio Management. Prior to joining NISA in 2019, Matt spent more than 24 years with a commodities trading advisor in various technical capacities, ultimately serving as chief technology officer. Matt holds a B.S. in computer engineering from…
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Zac Stevens, CFA, CAIA
Zac provides general support to the Fixed Income and Derivatives Portfolio Management Group in daily portfolio maintenance, performance attribution and special projects. He is authorized to trade derivative and equity instruments. Zac joined NISA in 2013. He earned a B.S. in computational informatics from the University of Michigan.
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Mark Utlaut, CFA
Mark provides support to the Fixed Income and Derivatives Portfolio Management Group in corporate bond credit research. Prior to joining NISA in 2016, Mark worked in leveraged finance groups at Merrill Lynch, GE Capital, and U.S. Bancorp. He holds a B.S. in finance from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and an MBA from the University of Illinois…
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Mike Vanous, CFA
Mike oversees the day-to-day monitoring and management of equity portfolios. He is authorized to trade equity securities. Prior to joining NISA in 2016, Mike served as a portfolio manager and head of investment analytics, where he focused on quantitative screening models, portfolio construction and trading global equities. He also served as an investment officer for…