MANAGING PARTNER
Douglas McGann
Doug has spent 30 years as a senior executive and board member at multi-national banking, consulting, PE-backed FinTech, and privately held organizations. His focus has been on leading large-scale business platform implementations, carve-out; turnaround situations and early to mid-stage ventures. He brings an entrepreneurial perspective at all times, and is keenly focused on balancing operational efficiency with growth and profitability objectives.
Doug was the CFO and President of Unirush where he drove the financial and operational transformation of a $100MM pre-paid debit card company and successfully led the organization through a strategic sale. Prior to Unirush, Doug held senior management roles in the wealth management space including, Regional Director of Citigroup’s Asia Pacific Wealth Management business, Head of Operational Strategy for JPMorgan Chase’s Affluent Banking division, and Fixed Income Product Specialist at Merrill Lynch & Co.
He has built specialized consulting practices within organizations that include Milestone, Capco, and Deloitte, focused on profitability optimization at global investment banking firms and institutional asset managers.
Doug holds a BS in Business Administration from Questrom School of Business at Boston University.
PARTNER
Derek Messulam
Derek has nearly three decades of commercial leadership experience in technology finance and business development. He has led teams and programs at large multi-national companies such as Telcordia, SAIC, GE and British Telecom and has extensive insider knowledge of the “disruptive startup” world.
His team at Telcordia created and launched the world’s first telco-grade unified messaging service combining email and voicemail in a single platform. At GE Capital he helped transform an acquisition in a new industry vertical and architected two of the largest financing deals in the group’s history.
He led new market growth at a SaaS venture in the commercial vehicle supply chain space; and drove growth from initial customer acquisition to the company’s current position as a market leader.
Derek works with clients in several technology and emerging growth industries, applying the breadth of his knowledge and experience to guide leadership teams through transformational challenges.
Derek holds a BA in Economics from Fordham University and an MBA in Management from Columbia University.
