Michael Walker is a Portfolio Manager/Senior Research Analyst for Concentrated Growth. Prior to joining AB in December 2013, he was a portfolio manager/analyst on the US equity research and portfolio-management team at WPS Advisors. Prior to that, Walker was the technology sector analyst for the large-cap growth fund at Ark Asset Management. He had previously spent nine years as a senior research analyst covering the IT hardware and electronics supply chain sectors, first at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and then at Credit Suisse First Boston. In 2006, Walker was ranked the top analyst in his sector in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team survey, after having ranked third in 2004 and 2005. He began his career as an IT consultant with Deloitte Consulting. Walker holds a BS in economics (magna cum laude) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Location: New York