Marc DiCosimo, CFA is a Vice President of SSGA Funds Management and a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Beta Solutions Group within the Fixed Income, Cash and Currency Team. He joined the firm in 2013 and is responsible for managing a broad range of fixed income strategies. Previously, Mr. DiCosimo worked at Wellington Management as a fixed income portfolio analyst on the Mortgage Backed Securities Team. Mr. DiCosimo has fifteen years of fixed income experience working at Loomis Sayles and Saxon Mortgage Capital. Mr. DiCosimo graduated from the University of Richmond with a degree in Accounting. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Boston, Inc.

Michael Przygoda, CFA, is a Principal and Vice President of SSgA FM and a Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Beta Solutions Group, managing a variety of securitized and custom aggregate bond strategies. Prior to joining the Fixed Income Beta Solutions Group, Mr. Przygoda worked as an MBS Trader and a portfolio analyst in the Government Solutions Team and previously managed the Active Fixed Income Operations Team. Mr. Przygoda received his Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Stonehill College and his Master of Science in Finance from Suffolk University. Mr. Przygoda has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a member of both CFA Society Boston, Inc. and the CFA Institute.

Read Burns is a Vice President of SSGA and the Adviser and a Portfolio Manager in the Fixed Income Beta Solutions Group. He joined the group from the Global Portfolio Content & Analytics Team where he served as a specialist covering North American Fixed Income. Prior to joining SSGA in 2012, Mr. Burns spent the last 14 years of his career working as an institutional fixed income salesperson. The majority of this time was spent working at Lehman Brothers, but also included time at Broadpoint Gleacher and most recently UBS. Before working in sales, Mr. Burns began his career in 1995 working in fixed income operations for Lehman Brothers. Mr. Burns received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bates College.