John Kasic serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager within Colorado PERA's Private Equity group, where he focuses on investing in, and monitoring, buyout, growth equity, secondary, and venture capital funds. Before his tenure at PERA, Mr. Kasic was with Harbert Growth Partners, a growth capital firm specializing in investments in technology and healthcare companies. Preceding his engagement with Harbert, he worked for Wachovia Securities within the Technology Investment Banking Corporate Finance / M&A Group. Mr. Kasic earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.