The Filament Team

Phillip Vitale is a member of Filament with responsibility for guiding investment strategy, asset allocation, risk management, and manager research processes. Phillip is a CFA charterholder with 15 years experience in investment research, strategy and execution. Previously, he held a senior leadership position as Head of the Quantitative Research team at Quellos Group. Prior to Quellos, Phillip worked in the securities trading and investment management groups at Russell Investments, an institutional investment consultant with over $700 billion in assets under advisement. Phillip’s work has contributed to both academic and practitioner research, such as the book "Absolute Returns: The Risk and Opportunities of Hedge Fund Investing," authored by Alex Ineichen. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago and his BA from Washington State University.He served the CFA Institute as an inaugural member of the GIPS Alternative Strategies working group, is a Past President (2009-2010) of the CFA Society of Seattle, and is a periodic speaker at various conferences and events.