Since January 2010, John Bar r has been Co-Portfolio Manager of the Needham Growth Fund and Portfolio Ma nager of the Needham Aggressive Growth Fund.
John started on Wall Street in 1995 at Needham as a sell-side analyst following technical software companies. He rejoin ed Needham in 2009 to co-manage the Needham Mutual Funds.
From 2000 – 2002, John was a senior a nalyst at Robertson Stephens following semiconductor technology companies.& nbsp; He was an Institutional Investor All-Star and was ranked by Reuters a s leader of a top software team. In 2002, John joined Buckingham Capi tal Management, where he served as a portfolio manager and analyst for its diversified industry long/short domestic equity hedge fund. From 2009 – 2017, John was on the board of directors of Coventor, Inc., prior to its sale to Lam Research. Prior to Wall Street, John spent 14 year s in the electronic design automation industry
John loves the challenge of identifying businesses wit h compounding characteristics. From his industry experience, he looks to in vest in companies that he would have liked to have been part of. He i s a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Business School.