Mr. Kurtz is a portfolio manager for the convertible strategy. Mr. Kurtz joined Lord Abbett's Operations Department in 2000. In 2002, he joined the convertible investment team as a sector analyst. He subsequently added responsibility for trading the convertible strategy, and in 2007 was asked to manage the day-to-day operations of the convertible separately managed account strategy. In 2013, he became a portfolio manager of the convertible strategy. Mr. Kurtz received a BA from Hartwick College and an MBA from New York University. He has been in the investment business since 2000.