Private Credit Reimagined

Gerrit Graham

Gerritt is a growth executive with over 20 years of experience building GTM strategy, efficient sales engines and RevOps platforms for early stage companies with disruptive data driven technology. Gerritt has a focus in Financial Services and Insurance and has led sales and marketing teams for organizations such as Oracle, Thomson Reuters, GLG, Kurtosys and Corvus Insurance Holdings. Currently he leads all growth strategy for Encamp, a disruptive player in the Regtech space. In addition to his involvement with Karus, he is on the Advisory Board of BIA and active as an Executive Member of the Revenue Collective.

Keri Findley

Since 2017, Ms. Findley has lent funds to leading venture-backed businesses via a unique model she developed. Prior to her work with venture-backed businesses, Ms. Findley was a partner at Third Point LLC, an SEC- registered investment advisor founded by Daniel S. Loeb, with approximately $15.0 billion of assets under management. Ms. Findley joined Third Point LLC in 2009 and focused on distressed investments including distressed financial securities and mortgage securities. Ms. Findley was previously at D.B. Zwirn. Ms. Findley earned a BS in Operations Research from Columbia University.

Arturo Aguilar

Arturo Aguilar is owner and CEO of Auto One Acceptance, a Texas regulated consumer lender for subprime auto customers since 2011, and co-Founder of Gear, a high tech fresh produce grower in Mexico for the US and Canada markets. He started up, acquired, expanded, and sold a micro-loan operation in Mexico with over 200 locations and 480,000+ customers. He has also worked for McKinsey & Co. He holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from UIA in Mexico City, and received his MBA and MPA from Harvard. He has been a college lecturer on entrepreneurship at ITAM and UIA in Mexico.

Ponder Harrison

Mr. Harrison is a private investor focused on middle market industrial and service businesses. He enjoyed a 35-year career as a recognized Travel and Technology Industry entrepreneur having helped start several successful low-cost commercial airlines in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Harrison co-founded Allegiant Travel Company in 2002, remaining active in the business through 2017. In 1999, Mr. Harrison co-founded Virtual Premise, Inc., a leading SaaS provider of commercial real estate information management solutions, where he served as Chairman and CEO until its acquisition by CoStar Group, Inc. Mr. Harrison serves on the board of directors of Allegiant Travel Company and the Parkinson’s Foundation. He is also a Senior Advisor to both Comvest Partners and Franklin Resources’ Industrial Technology Fund.

Ryan Davis

Ryan Davis is a private investor focused on early stage companies building marketplace and automotive industry businesses. Ryan previously was the co-founder of BacklotCars, an online wholesale marketplace for car dealers, which was sold to KAR global (NYSE: KAR). Prior to BacklotCars Ryan was a sell-side/buy-side equity analyst focused on the business and IT services space. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in Finance from the College of Charleston.

Eli Drucker

Eli Drucker is an executive, entrepreneur, and investor. Currently, he is the CFO of BAI Connect, a Private Equity backed telecom platform. Previously, Eli was Senior Director of Marketing Finance for fair.com, Director of Treasury for Westlake Financial Services, and a Vice President at Concord Energy. He has broad operations experience across the energy, financial services, technology, and communications industries. Eli received a Bachelor of Science in Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ross Weiner

Ross Weiner is the General Counsel and a Partner at Qatalyst Partners where he has worked since 2012. Prior to Qatalyst, Ross worked at Silver Lake Credit Fund, Credit Suisse, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Ross is originally from Washington, D.C. and received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He currently is on the Board of Trustees at Glide, an Executive Advisory Board to the Berkeley Center for Law and Business and the Advisory Board of Higher Ground Labs.