Research/Operations Associate

0000909012-16-000513.txt : 20160512 0000909012-16-000513.hdr.sgml : 20160512 20160512142657 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909012-16-000513 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160512 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160512 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160512 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FORTALEZA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001003279 IRS NUMBER: 363708000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-03885 FILM NUMBER: 161643104 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1526 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60602 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126216111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1526 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60602 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false false false 0001003279 XXXXXXXX 03-31-2016 03-31-2016 FORTALEZA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/

30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1526 CHICAGO IL 60602

13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-03885 N Eugene Yohannan Research/Operations Associate 312 621 6111 /s/ EUGENE YOHANNAN Chicago IL 04-26-2016 0 186 158042 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 aci_13f.xml ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. Common 004225108 162755 5821 SH SOLE 0 2251 0 0 ADTRAN Inc. Common 00738A106 182991 9050 SH SOLE 0 3530 0 0 AT&T INC. Common 00206R102 2814756 71860 SH SOLE 0 27770 0 0 AbbVie, Inc. Common 00287Y109 1758439 30785 SH SOLE 0 11875 0 0 Abiomed Inc. Common 003654100 285378 3010 SH SOLE 0 1150 0 0 Accenture PLC Common G1151C101 2240491 19415 SH SOLE 0 7435 0 0 Adobe Systems Inc. Common 00724F101 2606702 27790 SH SOLE 0 10690 0 0 Alarm.com Holdings Common 011642105 184149 7770 SH SOLE 0 3030 0 0 Alexion Pharmaceuticals Common 015351109 1369228 9835 SH SOLE 0 3765 0 0 Align Technology Inc. Common 016255101 7632 105 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Allete, Inc. Common 018522300 171574 3060 SH SOLE 0 1190 0 0 Alliance Data Systems Corporation Common 018581108 2200 10 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. Common 02043Q107 1420171 22625 SH SOLE 0 8725 0 0 Alphabet Inc. Class A Class A 02079K305 8048595 10550 SH SOLE 0 4075 0 0 Amazon.com, Inc. Common 023135106 4155480 7000 SH SOLE 0 2700 0 0 American Eagle Outfitters Inc. Common 02553E106 307894 18470 SH SOLE 0 7190 0 0 Ametek Inc. Common 031100100 4098 82 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Amgen Inc Common 031162100 2531568 16885 SH SOLE 0 6485 0 0 Anacor Pharmaceuticals Common 032420101 80442 1505 SH SOLE 0 590 0 0 Analog Devices Common 032654105 4439 75 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Aon Plc Common G0408V102 4491 43 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Apogee Enterprises Inc. Common 037598109 189604 4320 SH SOLE 0 1670 0 0 Apple Inc. Common 037833100 7592570 69663 SH SOLE 0 26898 0 0 Aspen Technology Inc. Common 045327103 89241 2470 SH SOLE 0 960 0 0 Athenahealth Inc. 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Common 26875P101 1306802 18005 SH SOLE 0 6915 0 0 Edward LifeSciences Common 28176E108 6174 70 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Ellie Mae, Inc. Common 28849P100 357121 3940 SH SOLE 0 1520 0 0 Equinix Inc Common 29444U700 4960 15 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Expedia, Inc. Common 30212P303 2156 20 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Express Inc. Common 30219E103 277259 12950 SH SOLE 0 5045 0 0 Extra Space Storage Common 30225T102 1869 20 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Facebook Common 30303M102 5266856 46160 SH SOLE 0 17805 0 0 Fair Isaac Corporation Common 303250104 265755 2505 SH SOLE 0 960 0 0 Five9 Inc. Common 338307101 204292 22980 SH SOLE 0 8950 0 0 Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. Common 34964C106 2254489 40230 SH SOLE 0 15500 0 0 Francesca's Holdings Corporation Common 351793104 196964 10280 SH SOLE 0 4000 0 0 Gigamon Inc. 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Common 74112D101 217030 4065 SH SOLE 0 1580 0 0 Proofpoint Inc. Common 743424103 143915 2676 SH SOLE 0 1041 0 0 Q2 Holdings, Inc. Common 74736L109 220567 9175 SH SOLE 0 3655 0 0 Red Hat Common 756577102 3352 45 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Renasant Corp. Common 75970E107 454636 13815 SH SOLE 0 5165 0 0 Ross Stores Inc. Common 778296103 5211 90 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 SBA Communications Corp. Common 78388J106 3005 30 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Salesforce.com Inc Common 79466L302 2170232 29395 SH SOLE 0 11350 0 0 Sherwin-Williams Co. Common 824348106 1631159 5730 SH SOLE 0 2210 0 0 Silicon Laboratories Inc. Common 826919102 152189 3385 SH SOLE 0 1275 0 0 Sonic Corp Common 835451105 274248 7800 SH SOLE 0 3035 0 0 Spectranetics Corp. Common 84760C107 162202 11171 SH SOLE 0 4355 0 0 Spirit AeroStystems Holdings, Inc. (CLA) Common 848574109 2721 60 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 St. Jude Medical Inc Common 790849103 1925 35 SH SOLE 0 0 0 0 Starbucks Corp. 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