Specialties:  Data Networking and Storage

Jason Ader, CFA, partner, co-group head–technology, media, and communications sector, focuses on data networking and storage technology. He joined William Blair & Company in September 2008 after serving as a managing director at Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC for more than eight years and as a research analyst at H.C. Wainwright & Co. for three years. Before joining the financial services industry, he worked for three years as an information officer at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., where he was a speechwriter and project manager for U.S.-Israel bilateral programs. Mr. Ader holds a B.A. in comparative religion from Duke University and an M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.