Ross (he/him) is a software engineer by trade with a passion for businesses at the intersection of boring and complex. Prior to co-founding Maybern, Ross was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Human Capital and a Staff Engineer at Cadre, where he ran an engineering team that designed and built their fund accounting system from the ground up. He holds a BSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to co-founding Maybern, Ashwin (he/him) was the CTO of Cadre, where he oversaw the development of its fund operations, asset management, banking, and secondary trading platforms. Before joining Cadre, Ashwin was the Head of Data Engineering for Instagram New York and the Director of Data Engineering at IHeartRadio.

John (he/him) has a 25+ year career in the private funds industry, including over 2 decades at Goldman Sachs, primarily as Managing Director in the Finance and Administration department for the Merchant Banking Division. Most recently he served as a founding member and the Chief Financial Officer of Periphas Capital before joining Maybern.

Tiffany (she/her) has spent more than 14 years in the fund industry, including 12 years at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Maybern, she was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where she managed a team responsible for the accounting of its real estate funds. She is a CPA, licensed in CA.

Riley Thomas is the Senior Vice President of Sales at Maybern, leading Go-To-Market strategies aimed at revolutionizing fund management processes. Over his 15+ year career, Riley has focused on helping startups build and scale their early go-to-market functions. Known for his analytical, decisive, and mission-driven leadership, Riley emphasizes transparency, integrity, and teamwork. His approach to leadership combines curiosity and critical thinking, always aiming to simplify complex problems and empower teams. Riley holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boise State University.

Teresa has spent a majority of her career in the Real Estate/Private Equity industry. Prior to Maybern, Teresa spent over 5 years at Cadre as a Managing Director on the Fund Management & Operations team. At Cadre, she was responsible for all aspects of fund management and worked closely with the engineering team to build their proprietary fund accounting system. In addition, she spent 8 years at Angelo Gordon in their Real Estate group, focused on property and fund reporting, valuations, and cash operations.

Sophie (she/her) is a Product Manager who is focused on building simple yet powerful tools for complex workflows. Prior to joining Maybern, she led the Platform Product team at real estate startup Orchard and was an enterprise Product Manager at SeatGeek.

Nicole (she/her) is a Director of People with 9 years of experience in recruiting & people operations. She most recently spent 2.5 years at hospitality-tech startup Dorsia as one of the first employees, where she built the people and recruiting functions from the ground up and grew the team to 50 employees. Prior to Dorsia, she spent three years at Cadre where she led recruiting efforts.

AJ (he/him) is a full stack senior engineer with 4 years in the real estate fintech space. He appreciates when complicated problems have simple, elegant solutions. AJ is eager to continue learning from and finding a solution to the problems in this industry.

Akhil (he/him) is a founding engineer with 4 years of experience in fintech. Prior to Maybern, Akhil worked at Broadway Technology to develop cutting edge technology for the FX trading space and then proceeded to work at Blend to build out its Personal Loans products. Akhil received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from Cornell University.

Artie (they/he) is a designer who appreciates the challenge of understanding and designing complicated digital systems. They have a background in using tech for equity and justice related projects. Prior to joining Maybern, Artie was a designer at an EdTech startup in the Bay and graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University.

Bella (she/her) is a Product Manager who enjoys creating meaningful solutions to thorny problems. Prior to joining Maybern, she was a founding member of a startup building fractional options trading and was an early employee at Webull. Bella holds a B.A. from Columbia University.

Brandon (he/him) joins Maybern with over 6 years of experience in alternative asset fund accounting. He began his career as an auditor in the FSO group at EY. He then transitioned into fund accounting, holding positions at Prelude Capital, a multi-strat hedge fund manager, and more recently at Centre Lane Partners, where he focused on private credit fund accounting. He graduated summa cum laude from the College of Charleston Honors College with degrees in Finance and Accounting.

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Prior to Maybern, Bryan (he/him) spent 14 years at Clearwater Analytics and Built Technologies helping institutional investors, asset managers, and financial institutions transition from legacy workflows. Bryan brings cross functional expertise having led sales, product, client success, implementation, and European organizations.

Claudia is the Chief of Staff at Maybern, where she partners with the CEO and leadership team to drive strategic initiatives, scale business functions, and improve cross-functional collaboration. Previously, she was a Strategy & Operations Lead at Attentive, where she shaped strategic planning for a 600+ person revenue organization. Claudia helped scale implementation and customer success functions during periods of rapid growth before leading initiatives in go-to-market strategy, enablement, and process optimization.

Claudia holds a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University.

Debby (she/her) is a full stack engineer with a diverse background in fintech, graphics, and games. She previously interned at IPC Systems, a global leader in trading communication services, and Ethic, a sustainable investment firm in NYC. Debby holds a BSE in Computer Science with a focus on Computer Graphics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Erik (he/him) joined Maybern as a founding engineer in April 2022. He began his career at Microsoft as a software engineer powering systems integral to OneDrive and SharePoint. He later joined Blend pre-IPO where he helped build out their consumer banking division. Erik received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Brown University.

Graham (he/him) is a software engineer who loves working on small, fast-moving teams with great people. He spent most of his career at Blend, where he discovered a deep interest in understanding the tech stack from top to bottom. He has experience working everywhere from UI to infrastructure, and is excited to apply what he’s learned at Maybern.

Jacob has spent his 15-year career in the alternative investments industry. Prior to joining Maybern, Jacob was a Vice President within Blackstone's GP Stakes business, where he oversaw portfolio monitoring, analytics, and performance reporting for the group. Prior to that, Jacob worked at GCM Grosvenor in portfolio management, PE primary investment, and operations roles. Jacob began his career at Credit Suisse and holds a BA from New York University.

Prior to joining Maybern, Jake (he/him) was an Analyst at Affinius Capital (formerly Square Mile Capital) on the Real Estate Investments team in NYC. Jake graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Economics in 2022.

Before joining Maybern, Jon (he/him) worked at ZMC, a private equity firm in NYC. Jon began his career in public accounting before pivoting to fund administration where he managed several implementations. Jon went to the University of Kansas and double majored in Accounting and Finance. Jon grew up in Dallas, TX and now lives in Plainsboro, NJ.

Lucas (he/him) is a software engineer with a passion for deeply understanding users and building delightful user experiences. He began his career in fintech at Blend and most recently worked on the founding teams of startups in the customer success and real estate spaces. He holds a degree in computer science and business administration from the University of Southern California.

Melissa (she/her) is a full stack Senior Software Engineer with 5 years of experience in tech. Prior to joining Maybern, she worked in healthtech at Zocdoc to build and scale new product verticals in the provider and pre-appointment spaces. Melissa received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University.

Praneetha (she/her) joined Maybern as a Product Operations Associate in April 2024. She previously worked in regulatory reporting at the likes of Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon. Praneetha received a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, and Business Analytics from Indiana University.

Prior to joining Maybern, Rishi (he/him) interned on the investment team at Altamont Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in Palo Alto, CA. He also interned at Horizon Investments, an asset manager based in Charlotte, NC.Rishi graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science.

Rohan (he/him) joined Maybern as a software engineer after graduating from Brown. He previously interned at the US Census Bureau, Meta, and a Greylock-backed stealth startup. He also was a Research Fellow for Contrary Research, where he wrote reports on various startups including Stripe, Carta, and Flexport.

Ronald (he/him) has over 25 years of experience in the real estate fund industry having previously served in CFO or Fund Controller roles at Benchmark Real Estate Group, Och-Ziff Real Estate, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Ryan (he/him) is a full-stack engineer with experience as both an individual contributor and manager. He started his career at Wayfair working on their Homepage team and was most recently a Tech Lead at Product Hunt. Throughout his career, Ryan has worked cross-functionally with designers, engineers and PMs to deliver awesome features.

Sruthi (she/her) joined Maybern as a Software Engineer in June 2023. She previously worked in the ML infrastructure space at the startup Spell, which was later acquired by Reddit. At Reddit, she worked on the ML Ranking Platform to power efficient feed ranking. Sruthi received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Philosophy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Valentina (she/her) brings over 8 years of experience in fund accounting with a primary focus in the private equity real estate industry. She started her career in investment banking operations and later transitioned into the real estate industry working in fund accounting and fund administration at BNY Mellon and, more recently, Juniper Square.

Prior to joining Maybern, Will spent several years gaining experience in fintech, commercial real estate, and enterprise software. He has worked at Fulcrum Lending and Built Technologies, where he contributed to business development, managed client relationships, and supported underwriting efforts.

Zack is a Software Engineer who loves working with people to build great products. With 15 years of experience in the tech industry, he previously worked in Google Workspace, building products to enhance user productivity and workflows. Zack enjoys working on difficult problems and is excited to tackle challenges in the private equity space.