Sam is a taxable credit analyst with Sit Fixed Income and is focused on corporate credit research. Prior to joining Sit Investment in May 2026, Sam was a senior vice president at Proterra Investment Partners for three years. His background also includes serving as a senior analyst at Thrivent Asset Management, and investment banking at both Piper Sandler and Citigroup. Sam earned a B.A in mathematical economics and a philosophy minor in 2012 from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan in 2018.