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CEO

As Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Partners, Tim Sullivan is accountable for the strategic direction and functional execution of business objectives. Oceanic focuses specifically on investments and liquidity within the private markets. Oceanic has transacted with over 200 private issuers, including Docusign, Lyft, Palantir, Facebook, Tesla, Twitter, LinkedIn, Etsy, Kayak and SpaceX. Oceanic participates actively in seed through late stage, depending upon the current market environment. Liquidity is Oceanic’s number one priority. Previously, Tim has held leadership roles at Sharespost, Susquehanna Financial Group, Oracle, and IBM. Throughout Tim’s career, he has managed more than $5B worth of private equity transactions and enjoys a consistent track record of surpassing expectations. Tim has a BA in Political Science from Colgate University and holds the FINRA Series 7, 24, 66, 79, and 99 licenses.

Chief Operating Officer

Jaclyn is the Chief Operating Officer of Oceanic Partners. Jaclyn is an accomplished operational as well as sales and marketing leader with broad transactional experience in high-growth, diverse industries, including financial services, consumer brands, and high technology. She previously worked as a Managing Director at MicroVentures, accumulating a long and illustrious transactional record there. Jaclyn joined MicroVentures following her tenure at SharesPost Financial Corporation, where she was one of the lead producers, and a member of a small team of brokers that executed over $1B in private share transactions, and contributed to making the company one of the market leaders in the secondary market. Prior to SharesPost, Jaclyn worked at Merriman Capital, an investment banking firm, where she was a driving force in securing new client business, providing sales force management, and developing new products. Earlier in her career, Jaclyn served as the Western District Sales Manager for Bear Naked Granola Company, where she enjoyed considerable success in cultivating the competitive San Francisco market, overseeing a major product launch and introducing new product lines, ultimately contributing to the company’s successful sale to Kashi-Kellogg for $50M. Jaclyn holds a BA from Dartmouth College as well as Series 7 and 63 licenses. In her spare time she enjoys expanding the Dartmouth Entrepreneur Network on the West Coast and is an avid marathon runner.

Chief Investment Officer

Max is the CIO and Senior Analyst at Oceanic Partners. Prior to Oceanic Partners, he worked in a related capacity at MicroVentures, being primarily responsible for managing the company’s due diligence and investment selection efforts. Prior to MicroVentures, Max was a founding member of a strategic consultancy executing international corporate development and commercial facilitation, as well as participating in various other commercial, analytical, and business development projects. Earlier, Max was engaged as an economic and venture development consultant, focused on economic strategy development for new industry clusters, industry cluster management, startup management consulting, and intellectual property commercialization strategies. Max’s earlier background derives from the hedge fund space, including work with Equity Management Associates, LLC, an equity long/short hedge fund based in Waltham, MA, and with SAC Capital Advisors, LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund operating from Stamford, CT. Max is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a Member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute San Francisco Chapter. He holds a BA from Colgate University with concentrations in Philosophy and Japanese, and has pursued studies at the Kyoto Institute for Culture and Language in Kyoto, Japan. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses.

Director of Finance and Administration

Adrianne is the Director of Fund Operations and Administration at Oceanic Partners. She has more than a decade of experience as an impactful team leader, evaluating business and financial operations to design strategies that reduce losses and promote improved processes. She has a successful track record of profitably steering financial operations in times of company change, growth and transition. Prior to joining Oceanic, Adrianne was VP of Finance for Heritage Holding of California, Inc. where she oversaw the finance and administrative departments. She also worked at Corso Agency as CFO/COO for over 10 years, where she was heavily involved with global brands such as Heineken, Red Bull and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. She played an integral role in the contracting and finance for a production project that won a 2016 Guinness Book of World Record. Adrianne completed coursework in Finance at Rutgers University and coursework in Accounting at College of Marin. She is a car enthusiast and in her free time enjoys taking coastal drives and participating in weekend car shows.

Director

Katherine is a Director at Oceanic Partners and has significant experience across the financial services industry. Prior to working at Oceanic, Katherine was an Associate at Goldman Sachs, where she held several roles across the Equities, Asset Management, and Consumer and Wealth Management businesses. She started her career with internships at Wedbush Securities and Boeing. Katherine earned a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, minor in Classics, and an M.S. in Finance from the University of Southern California. She is a CAIA Charterholder and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. Her personal interests include running, scuba diving, skiing, sailing, and modern art and architecture.

Operations Research Analyst

Operations

Suubi is an Operations Research Analyst at Oceanic Partners. She is an infinite learner who is passionate about technology and how it can be used to make businesses more efficient. She is originally from Uganda where she has earned experience in coordinating global teams and implementing nationwide IT projects. Prior to Oceanic, she worked as a business analyst for Comtel Integrators Africa in Uganda and as an intern at Symantec Corporation in Mountain View, California. Furthermore, she was a part of the initial team that launched EzeeMoney, a fin-tech start up focused on money transfer in Uganda. Suubi recently graduated from Hult International Business School, San Francisco with a Master’s in International Business and Business Analytics. She also holds a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Xavier University. In her free time, she enjoys reading a great fiction novel, dancing Kizomba and helping African entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

Oceanic Alpha - Europe

Serial entrepreneur (9 startups, 4 exits, 2 failures), former-professional athlete (triathlon), educated at the University of St. Gallen in strategy and organization. Founder of the Worldwebforum business conference series in Zurich. Married with a daughter (*2006), a son (*2008). Lives in Limmattal, Zurich.

Founder

Emerson Equity

Mr. Baldini founded Emerson Equity in 2003 and brings more than 20 years of expertise to the firm. His unique combination of experience as an attorney, chief compliance officer, financial and operations principal, and investment advisor enables the firm to better service their clients and manage the vital operational functions of the business in-house. Mr. Baldini holds FINRA series 4, 7, 24, 27, 53, 55, 63, 65 and 79 Licenses.

Attorney

Fenwick & West LLP

Daniel is an experienced attorney with the firm of Fenwick & West LLP based in San Francisco, CA. He represents domestic and foreign companies and investors in the technology sector. His clients routinely look to him for advice and guidance on corporate matters and transactions, including venture and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, corporate governance and organization, executive and equity compensation, securities and regulatory issues, as well as licensing, commercial, labor, and employment matters. He brings deep legal and transactional experience and insight to Oceanic’s securities business, having represented clients in hundreds of financing and security transactions, which contribute towards Oceanic’s goal of building a strong reputation and business around finding solutions that benefit all parties.

Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel

Rimon

Yaacov Silberman is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Rimon. Yaacov's innovations with Rimon have appeared in a wide array of publications, including The Economist, The American Lawyer, AmLaw's Law Technology News, Bloomberg, the California Daily Journal, the San Francisco Business Times, eLawyering and the National Post. He has been characterized as top innovator in the legal profession by the American Bar Association for his role in developing Rimon's alternative business model. Yaacov has presented on innovations in law firm management and technology at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, UC Berkeley Law School, and UC Hastings College of the Law. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.