Bill Dezellem

Mr. William J.
Dezellem, CFA, is Chief Investment Officer & President at Tieton Capital Management LLC, which he founded in 2005.
He is a member of the Cascadians and the Hard Core Runners Club of Yakima.
Mr. Dezellem was the founding Portfolio Manager of the Davidson Investment Advisors’ Small/Mid Cap Value Strategy where he was the lead Portfolio Manager from the strategy’s inception in January 1998 through May 2005.
From April 2000 until June 2004, he was also the firm’s Chief Investment Officer, overseeing all the investment professionals that managed nearly $1 billion of client assets.
Prior to joining Davidson Investment Advisors, he was Vice President of Research and Senior Research Analyst at ICM Asset Management in Spokane, Washington.
During his tenure from 1990 to 1997, he participated in growing the firm from approximately $100 million in assets under management to $2 billion under management with strong investment performance.
He is Past President of the Spokane Chapter of Financial Analysts and the Spokane Stock & Bond Club.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Central Washington University with double majors in Business Economics and Business Administration with a Finance emphasis.
He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1993, is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Seattle.