Brandon Carl

Brandon is the former Head of AI at Smarsh, a data intelligence company helping clients manage risk and uncover insights across large complex datasets. Previously Brandon was Chief Product Officer and Head of Engineering at Digital Reasoning (a Palantir competitor). Brandon has built AI systems that operate at real scale and directly produce eight figure revenues. Brandon has managed teams across AI Research, Product and Data Science that have turned unstructured communications, including text, voice, and multilingual data, into decisions inside highly regulated environments. The systems Brandon has built and led now process tens of billions of communications and automate up to 85% of previously manual workflows. Brandon has worked hands-on across the full stack, including data, models, architecture, product, customer deployment. Beyond technology, Brandon has led product and AI organizations through major transitions, improving unit economics to Rule of 40+ performance and aligning product, engineering, and go-to-market around a single strategy. Brandon enjoys deep involvement in AI systems and full ownership of product and business outcomes, and building systems that matter, where scale, accuracy, and economic impact show up in the numbers. Brandon began his career with Nomura Securities and Bank of America, where he was responsible for global macro investment strategies. Brandon received his Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Mathematics from Taylor University.

Brook Hazelton

Brook brings over 25 years of experience in investment management and executive leadership. Most recently, Brook served as Group Executive Director at Arrow Global (a multi-billion European private credit and real estate investment manager). At Arrow, Brook served on the Global Leadership Council, setting corporate strategy and investment priorities, and as a leader on the investment team, participating in all Investment Committee and Portfolio Management matters. Previously he served as the head of a European regulated investment fund specializing in alternative assets, including direct private equity investments and allocations to private credit and real estate. Brook's extensive investment background includes roles at Goldman Sachs and The Carlyle Group in London. Additionally, he has served as CEO or President of global organizations such as Christie's and Phillips, and as the leader of Artificial Intelligence pioneer, Digital Reasoning (acquired). An honors graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Brook serves as Chairman of Charity: Water and as a Trustee of other non-profit organizations.

C.J. Guinness

C.J. has sourced large infrastructure and commercial real estate transactions for institutional funds and family office partners, and evaluated investments in the U.S., Europe, Caribbean, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East. He has advised companies of all stages on capital raises, partnerships, M&A, leadership and strategy. From 2012 – 2016, C.J. co-founded and led Unity Development Group, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations, including formation of a world-class American railroad development consortium (Bechtel, BNSF, HDR, U.S. Ex-Im Bank) that executed full planning and financing for the $3.7B Central Corridor Railroad (CCR), a multi-national PPP to build, operate and maintain a standard-gauge railroad across East Africa. C.J. began his career with McKinsey in New York and London. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, a B.A. from the University of Virginia, and is a member of the New York Bar.

Will Haughey

Will has worked extensively with institutional investment firms, family offices, and operating companies, and is adept in private and public investing, management and operations. Will currently serves as Executive Advisor to Refined Technologies ("RTI"). Previously, Will was Chief Investment Officer to RTI (Houston) and Grandin Investments (Ft. Worth). Will continues to serve as Executive Chairman of Tegu, an advanced manufacturing company serving global toy companies, that he co-founded with his brother. Will began his career with Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (a multi-strategy investment vehicle, managing investments in private and publicly-traded companies) following several years in Goldman Sachs' Healthcare Investment Banking practice. Will earned a BS in Business Administration from Indiana University, where he concentrated in Finance and International studies. Will also serves as a Praxis Venture Partner.

Winston Wu

Winston is an entrepreneur and investor. He was previously a Partner and Operating Member of Lafayette Real Estate (Fund 2), where he served as COO & CFO. There he co-managed the fund, which included over 700 single-family properties, and closed one of the industry's first pooled single-family rental loans with Cerberus's First Key Lending Corp. Fund 2 had a successful exit in December 2021. Prior to that, Winston was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group in the Macro Fund, where he was responsible for investing in mortgage and structured credit bonds as well as conducting U.S. housing and mortgage research. He actively traded bonds and derivatives for a $700+ million portfolio and arbitraged mortgage bonds and valuations affected by U.S. government loan modification programs. Before Fortress, Winston worked as a Principal at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (formerly KKR Financial), where he managed the mortgage bond and loan portfolio, investing in pools of non-conforming mortgages and securitized them for on-balance-sheet investments. Before joining KKR, Mr. Wu was a Credit Associate at Redwood Trust and an Investment Banking Analyst in the Technology Group at JP Morgan (formerly Hambrecht & Quist). He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.