Our Team

We are a collective of entrepreneurs with over five decades of experience founding, scaling, and exiting software companies generating strong returns for leading private equity firms. At our core, we're operators—builders who understand how to create, grow, and realize lasting value.

  • Founded ConnectEDU at 22 years old: Built largest student/employment database, scaled from $0 to $30M

  • Founded Motus, grew from $12M to $1.5B+

  • Delivered top PE returns, including full growth fund return to Thoma Bravo.

Craig Powell

Chief Executive Officer

Ady Das

Chief Innovation Officer

  • Tech leader: Amazon Kindle, MTV Games/Rockband/MIT Media Lab partnership, Zoominfo AI, UK National Lottery - world’s largest Online Lottery

  • Co-founded Motus.com: Scaled to top mobility platform; acquired by Thoma Bravo (2021)

Tobias Lederberg

Chief Legal Officer

  • Legal architect to 100+ startups over 30+ years from formation through scale and exit 

  • Capital: Structured and led $2B+ across Seed, VC and PE financings

  • Transitions: Counsel on 50+ middle-market and cross-border M&A totaling $2.5B+

Chief Financial Officer

David Rozen

  • CFO: Built 2 Unicorns

  • CEO, Ancora Risk Advisors: from startup to $150M valuation in 18 months

  • Founding team/CFO, Corvias Group: Built $2B military housing company

  • Led Alex & Ani: From $127M to $1.4B PE sale

Chief Creative Officer

Ryan Stadlman

  • Directed/Produced for multiple world brands and networks boosting engagement: Dallas Cowboys, Cobalt Boats, Atlanta Braves, ESPN, Fox

  • Awarded 3 Emmys, 20+ Tellys, and a YouTube Streamy Award 

  • Founder/Owner S Group: Develop storytelling content for professional sports and lifestyle brands

Stein Skaane

Oversees deal sourcing and guides portfolio companies through critical growth phases, maximizing investment returns.

Head of FinTech

Peter Tomassi

Vast knowledge in aligning product strategy, user experience, and go-to-market growth to drive adoption, retention, and scalable revenue.

Product and Growth Architect

Mike Hannigan

Extensive brand, product, and operational strategies  to scale market share, drive revenue growth, and build enduring customer loyalty.

Head of Direct to Consumer

Directed implementations and decentralization of DevSecOps while integrating best practices for faster time-to-market and continuous improvement.

BRP™ Delivery Leader

Kristofor Walburn

Elise Chahine

Head of Education and Youth Vertical

Founded Mindful AI- a neurotech harnessing agentic AI/ML to bridge communication gaps, drive vision, strategy and global impact.