Andrew Beja, CFA Senior Vice President, Granahan Investment Management Drew Beja, CFA, is a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Granahan Investment Management, a small cap equity boutique based in Waltham, MA. He is the Portfolio Manager of the GIM Small Cap Focused Growth strategy. In managing this strategy Drew is perennially searching for "Desert Island" worthy companies to invest in--companies positioned to be substantially larger entities if he were to be stranded on a desert island for several years. Drew joined Granahan at the end of 2011 bringing 30 years experience with small and SMID cap equities to the firm. From 2000 to 2011, Drew was with LMCG in Boston, a firm he co-founded and where he managed several small and SMID cap growth equity products. In 2007, he started the Focused Growth product that he continues to manage at Granahan. Prior to LMCG, Drew was a portfolio manager with Standish, Ayer & Wood. Before moving to the buy-side, Drew worked as an equities analyst for Advest, Inc. Drew received his BA from Miami University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston. He is also a board member of The Connecticut Forum.