Craig Aumann started his career on the floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has over 20 years of trading and exchange experience. As Head Trader of notable hedge funds he developed a deep understanding of market mechanics and identified the need for a better solution to trading in the private markets.

Chris Belew is an entrepreneurial software executive with over 20 years of operating experience creating new software products and bringing them to market. He has led the start-up and growth of two software platform companies and held technology and strategic consulting roles with Accenture and Motive along with two VC stints.

25+ years of experience in the Credit Markets. Head of Investment Grade Credit, Crossover & Project Finance Sales at Credit Suisse First Boston. Private equity investor the past 10+ years in multiple companies and industries.

Matt Helgren has 25+ years in the software industry architecting and building products. He has extensive experience building software teams from the ground up to create new SaaS products for a variety of companies including Sun Microsystems, Vignette, Seasoned.co and HotSchedules. Matt holds a BS in Computer Science from University of Wisconsin and a MS in Software Engineering from University of Texas.

Brian Chamberlain has worked in the financial services industry for the last 15yrs managing asset managers, hedge funds and pension funds from the International equity sales desks in New York and Chicago.  He has extensive knowledge encompassing the public, private and capital markets.  He has also worked in the technology and software industries managing sales, marketing and strategic partnerships.

For the past 33 years Jim has served as legal counsel to numerous banks, financial institutions, businesses and investors in the areas of corporate, banking and commercial law, lending, venture capital, private placements, real estate, bankruptcy, and creditors’ rights. He has extensive experience in commercial and industrial financing, and distressed debt and been an advisor and investor in financial technology and a diverse range of industries.

Jason has more than 20 years of experience building teams and helping scale companies. He has experienced all aspects of running a technology company and has gained expertise in implementing systems and developing high-functioning online platforms. He founded Automotive.com and has been instrumental to the growth of other innovative platforms like Change.org.

Julie Tomlin’s 20 years as a Finance/HR professional have spanned commercial construction, staffing/recruiting and automotive technology, but she found her niche in the startup world building corporate cultures focused on honest communication, good humor and hard work.