Mr. Gardner has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gardner Lewis Asset Management since the firm's founding in 1990. Previously, he was a lead portfolio manager with Friess Associates and its Brandywine Fund. Prior to joining Friess Associates, he worked as an investment analyst with Investments Orange Nassau, a Netherlands based venture capital firm, with interests in both private and public companies. This position stemmed from employment with MBank, where he analyzed companies as well as industry groups. He began his investment career at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb (prior to the Shearson Merger). Mr. Gardner received his B.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University.