Jonathon Ansley, CFA, is a Sr. Research Analyst and Associate Portfolio Manager on the Investment Team, and a founding staff member of Evolutionary Tree Capital Management. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ansley spent over five years at Sands Capital Management, a concentrated-growth equity investment manager with over $40 billion in assets under management. Jonathon joined the Sands Investment Team in 2012 as a Research Associate on the global Technology Sector Team. In this role, he conducted in-depth fundamental research on a number of technology businesses, with a particular focus on Software and Internet companies. He was involved in every step of the research process, from idea generation and research to vetting investment ideas with the Portfolio Managers. His research supported both the Technology Innovators strategy and the Select Growth US Large-Cap Growth strategy, which was co-managed by Thomas Ricketts, CFA, who went on to found Evolutionary Tree in late 2017. Before joining the Investment Team, Jonathon spent time on the Client Relations Team at Sands Capital, where he gained valuable client service experience with large institutional clients. Prior to his time at Sands Capital, Jonathon spent nearly four years as an Investment Performance Analyst at Cambridge Associates, an investment consultant to institutional investors, foundations and endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and private clients.He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia (2007) and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (2017).