Mike has been Managing Principal of Alta Capital since joining the firm in 1996. He has extensive experience in managing a successful investment partnership and utilizing a disciplined growth investing approach. Mike has worked in the institutional equity departments of Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley, international investment banking firms based in New York City. He also has served as a financial analyst for Shell Oil Company. He holds a bachelor's degree in international finance from Brigham Young University and a master's degree in finance from Columbia Business School in New York City. Mike serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah, where he teaches a course in investments.

Melanie has been with Alta Capital since 2004. Before joining us, she served as a Vice President of European Equities at Salomon Smith Barney in London. She also was an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, and was ranked in Reuters and Institutional Investor surveys for her in-depth coverage of the European special situations sector. As a sell-side equity analyst, Melanie also had the opportunity to advise corporate managements and governments officials on strategy, financing, privatization and equity market valuations. Melanie holds a bachelor's of business administration in finance and accounting from the University of Wisconsin and graduated from the Applied Securities Analysis Program in 1994. A Chartered Financial Analyst since 1997, she is active in the CFA Society of Salt Lake.