Gray Line Partners

Robert Hammond is a Partner at Gray Line Partners who previously led investments at Point72 Private Investments. He worked as a corporate strategy professional at Canoo and as a technology investment banker at Rothschild & Co., where he advised on M&A, fundraises, and leveraged buyouts. He served as a US Army Officer and holds a BS in Chinese Language from West Point and an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Jack Wharton is a Software Engineer at Gray Line Partners leading internal software development with expertise in full stack web development, database management, AI integration, and cloud infrastructure. He previously served as Lead Technology Engineer at Social Valid developing a SaaS security platform and holds a BS in Computer Science from Washington State University.

Julia Runyon is Chief of Staff at Gray Line Partners, overseeing investor relations, operations, and compliance. She brings over a decade of fundraising experience for alternative investment managers, most recently as Vice President at Raymond James – Cebile Capital and previously at BerchWood Partners managing global fundraises across multiple strategies. She holds a BA in English from University of Oregon's Clark Honors College.

William Maio leads data science initiatives at Gray Line Partners with over 13 years of technological leadership. He previously led data infrastructure at McDonald Tech Labs on AI-speech processing systems and was a founding engineer at TerrAvion (YCW14) where he built aerial imaging data pipelines. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer engineering with computer vision specialization from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.