Vimal Patel, born in 1973, is a senior portfolio analyst for the Seligman Technology Group. Mr. Patel focuses on consumer electronics, telematics, and computers & peripherals companies.

He joined one of the Columbia Threadneedle Investments firms in 2014. Previously, he was a vice president covering technology and business services for Bertram Capital, a generalist buyout private equity firm, from 2010 to 2014.

Prior to that, he was a principal at Sierra Ventures, a technology venture capital firm, where he covered consumer technologies, mobile, hardware, advanced materials, and cleantech from 2004 to 2010.

Mr. Patel received a B.S. in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.