Chief Investment Officer, CEO and Founding Partner
Michael is the Chief Investment Officer, CEO, and founding partner of Taika Capital. He oversees all of
the firm’s investment activities and is the lead portfolio manager of the firm’s equity long/short fund.
Prior to his current role, Michael spent 16 years on the buyside across a variety of roles and firms. Most
recently, he was a portfolio manager and lead tech analyst at PNC Capital Advisors, LLC. During his
tenure, Michael was a key member of the Large Cap Equity team which managed over $7 billion in
AUM across a variety of strategies. Michael also launched and managed several multi-factor equity
funds (PLEIX, PEWIX, PLIVX) and was a co-portfolio manager of the highly ranked PNC Balanced Fund.
Michael spent several years covering the health care sector and leading the team’s quantitative
investing efforts. Before joining PCA, he worked at Turner Investment Partners, LLC and on the options
trading desk at Susquehanna International Group (SIG).
Michael built his career specializing in combining fundamental and quantitative analysis in the stock
selection/portfolio management process and has extensive management, leadership, and client-facing
experience.
PRIOR TO JOINING TAIKA CAPITAL
PNC Capital Advisors, LLC
• Portfolio Manager on the Large Cap Equity team
• Lead Technology and Healthcare Equity analyst
• Senior Quant Analyst
Equity Research Assistant at Turner Investment Partners, LLC
Equity Options Trading at Susquehanna International Group (SIG).
EDUCATION
BS in Economics –
Drexel University
(Valedictorian)
Senior Vice President, Director of Consultant Relations, PNC Capital
Advisors, LLC
John previously worked at Fidelity Management & Research Co,
Wellington Management Company, LLP, Acadian Asset Management,
Turner Investment Partners and Old Mutual Asset Management
EDUCATION
Bachelors in Arts in English from Boston College
MBA/MSF from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College
Masters in Anglo-Irish Literature & Drama from the University College
Dublin (Ireland)