The Vanterra Capital site - vanterra.com - holds lots of information about the investing strategies that Vanterra implements. The site also explains how they choose th various markets and market segments that Vanterra invests in.

Alan Quasha is the managing partner, and the Vanterra site contains a short biography of  Quasha.

The bio states as follows: "Mr. Alan Quasha is a Partner at Vanterra and President of Quadrant Management, Inc. He is also the Co-Chairman of Carret Asset Management, LLC and Chairman of Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Over the past 15 years… He is also Chairman of Harken Energy Company (a publicly traded independent oil and gas company), Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Chairman of the American Brain Trauma Foundation. He was a past director of American Express Funds and a former Governor of the American Stock Exchange."