Jim founded Spyglass Capital Management in 2015. Prior to founding Spyglass, Jim spent 11 years at Edgewood Management LLC, first as a Senior Research Analyst and then as a Managing Director and member of the Portfolio Management Team for the Edgewood Growth Fund. Prior to Jim’s time at Edgewood, he held positions at Baron Capital Management and Van Wagoner Capital Management. Jim graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1994, and he received his MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Accounting in 2004.

Ruth joined Spyglass in 2023 and is a Managing Director of Research. Prior to Spyglass, Ruth held positions at Vetamer Capital Management as Managing Director and Co-Founder; Highline Capital Management as Technology Sector Head; Criterion Capital Management as Co-Sector Head of Software; Cisco as a Business Development Analyst; and Franklin Templeton as a Securities Analyst. Ruth graduated from Princeton University in 2005 with a BSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and she received her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2010.