Team

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  • Ryan Castle

    CEO / Founder

  • Expert in cyber crime and software development
  • Former FBI Special Agent working Criminal Computer Intrusions & Organized Crime
  • Palantir engineering team lead
  • TraceSecurity COO responsible for 100 employees and $12M P&L
  • Vanderbilt University MS in CS
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  • Dave Adams

    COO / Co-Founder

  • Institutional investment professional with history of operating businesses
  • Has nervously wired a billion dollars over the course of his career
  • Managing Director at a real estate private equity fund
  • Family office professional overseeing operating business and investment portfolios
  • Head of due diligence at $3.8B fund of hedge funds
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  • Brian Novelline

    Vice President of Business Development

  • Investor/Advisor for the last 5 years at a software company that grew revenues at a 50% CAGR
  • Buy-side experience across hedge fund and proprietary trading investing in equities, real estate and convertible bonds
  • Head of direct investing at Fund of Funds sourcing co-investments across alt managers
  • Dartmouth BA Econ and Kellogg MBA in Finance
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  • Jon Vaughn

    Director of Customer Success

  • Treasury operations professional with 10 years of experience working at both Hedge Fund and Private Equity firms
  • Hazeltree Implementation Specialist overseeing large-scale projects with some of the largest alternative firms in the world
  • Has made thousands of callbacks over the course of his career
  • Expertise in wire instruction formatting, bank payment files, SWIFT, and ISO messaging
  • Has sent many high priority deal funding wires at 4:30PM on a Friday
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  • Melissa Taylor

    Director of Marketing and Business Development

  • Marketing and business development executive with over 15 years of experience in the asset management industry
  • Chief Operating Officer & Director of Partner Relations at Breach Inlet Capital Management
  • Founder of Spartina Consulting, specializing in business development and communications for investment firms
  • Director of Communications at Vulcan Value Partners
  • Business Development for Dash Solutions
  • Director of Investor Relations at Cook & Bynum Capital Management
  • Vanderbilt University BS in Communications
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  • Michael Pedersen

    Software Engineer

  • Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve real-world industrial and enterprise challenges.
  • Developed patented systems for preventative industrial equipment diagnostics
  • Over 15 years of software development experience
  • Expertise in Python, Java, JavaScript, and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP)
  • Led full-stack re-architectures for major platforms, including apartment rental and enterprise insurance systems
  • Engineered solutions spanning embedded systems to mobile applications
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  • Coleman Greene

    VP Sales

  • GTM executive with over 15 years of experience in B2B software sales
  • Operating experience at two venture-backed technology companies, one private equity portfolio company
  • Started career in financial services, moving from banking to wealth management to private equity fund of funds
  • Investor and advisor to early-stage startups in fintech, proptech, and digital health
  • Vanderbilt BS and UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA
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  • Jamie Stewart

    Senior Advisor

  • Spent a decade working at a global Governance, Risk and Compliance consultancy
  • Developed strong relationships with financial service organizations across the globe
  • GTM specialist who assisted in the building and scaling of a sales team of a PE-backed organization
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  • Luke Wilson

    Operating Partner

  • Managing Partner Auxo Advisors
  • 20 years leading business and commercial functions to drive sales and marketing initiatives
  • Drove sales and GTM strategies as Chief Commercial Officer for ACA Group
  • Built and launched private markets practice within ACA Group
  • Former SEC Examiner, focusing on compliance for registered investment advisers, companies, and transfer agents
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  • Casey Clark

    Strategic Business Advisor

  • Managing Partner Cultivate Brands / CEO Cultivate Advisors
  • Has grown multiple companies to 8 figures and beyond
  • 6-time Inc 5000 Award winner
  • Winner of "Best CEO" from numerous third-party organizations
  • Strategic Advisor, and early investor, in Conduit Security
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