Mr. Barrett oversees the build-out of Gradient’s global business and the management of distribution partners in both the U.S. and internationally. He has over 20 years of investment management and analytical research experience, having served as a portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management and at Sirios Capital Management, where he was a principal and sector head. Prior to his portfolio management experience he was a research analyst at both The Boston Company and at MFS Investment Management. Most recently Mr. Barrett served as Managing Director of Turning Point Partners, a boutique M&A advisory firm. Earlier in his career, Tom served as Director of Finance for Arthur Andersen's Southern California Tax Practice. Tom is a CFA Charter holder and received a Master's in Management from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (1994). He received a BA in Economics from UCLA (1988).