Brad Warden is co-portfolio manager of Ivy Science and Technology Fund and Ivy VIP Science and Technology. He had been assistant portfolio manager of the Science and Technology funds since 2014. He was named co-portfolio manager of the funds in 2016.

Mr. Warden joined the organization in 2003 as an equity investment analyst. He was appointed assistant vice president in 2010 and vice president in 2015. During his tenure as an analyst, he covered health care services, software, hardware, IT services, semiconductor, and semiconductor capital equipment industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Warden was an equity analyst intern for AIM Management Group, Inc. during summer 2002. From 1997 through 2001 he held defined benefit plan consulting roles, including project manager and unit manager, at AON Hewitt (formerly Hewitt Associates LLC).

Mr. Warden graduated from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas in 1997 with a BS in Business Administration. He earned an MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business in 2003. During his time at the University of Texas, he was a portfolio manager for the MBA Investment Fund.

Mr. Warden is a CFA charterholder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Kansas City.