Waveland Venture Partners

Co-founder of Waveland, CEO since April 2025 and COO since inception, with a 38-year career spanning investment syndication, operations, legal services, and investor/broker-dealer relations.

Joined Waveland in 2018 after 16 years at Chesapeake Energy, where he led acquisitions and divestitures totaling over $70 billion; chairs the board of RDV Resources, Inc.

In financial services since 1975 and with Waveland since 2002, serving as a variable product and planning specialist; holds CFP and CLU designations.

Joined Waveland in 2010 with nearly three decades in private equity, investment banking, and corporate finance; previously held finance and M&A roles at Western Digital and Citigroup Global Markets.

CFO of Waveland since 2015 (Controller from 2007), a CPA with over 34 years of finance experience across oil & gas, manufacturing, and distribution.

Leads Waveland's capital formation platform and client engagement across its alternative investment strategies; previously held senior wealth management roles at MetLife and The Hartford, and authored 'The Pre-IPO Playbook.'

Financial services professional with over 25 years in trading, sales, and alternative investments; focuses on Midwest capital formation and relationship management, previously spending 17 years at Hines.

Joined Waveland in 2021 with over 25 years in financial services business development, cultivating IBD and RIA relationships; previously at Steadfast companies and MetLife Investors.

With Waveland since 2023, leading key accounts; began in the mortgage industry, moved into Merrill Lynch's FADP program, and previously worked in private equity at Triton Pacific.

With Waveland since 2013, overseeing East Region sales; a financial wholesaler with over 20 years in the oil and gas industry and a CFP designation.

Joined Waveland in 2019 with over 25 years in financial services compliance for broker-dealers and investment advisers; previously CCO at a Dallas broker-dealer and Risk Officer at Credit Suisse Private Bank.

Joined Waveland in 2021 with over 30 years in capital markets; previously EVP of ArciTerra Group and President of ArciTerra Capital, where he funded numerous private placement offerings.