CATAPULT IMPACT PARTNERS - Key Persons


Ben Crosland

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Sapphire Foundation

Bill Durham

Job Titles:
  • President, Birnam Wood Capital

Bruce MacFadyen - COO, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Managing Director

Bryan Levenson

Job Titles:
  • Founder & CEO at CYTK

Chad Gross

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor, Coquest Advisors

Chad Shuford

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Silicon Foundry

Chris Brown

Job Titles:
  • Founder & Managing Partner, RJ Byrd Search Group

Chris Price

Job Titles:
  • Founding & Managing Partner / Epilog Partners

Cole Egger - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder

Darr Aley

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder & CRO at Aidentified

David Anton

Job Titles:
  • Owner, Chileno Properties

David McPherson - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Neil is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Catapult Partners. Over his career, Neil has founded several entrepreneurial ventures, and has always had a passion for working with fellow entrepreneurs and their emerging businesses. Neil has served on the Board of multiple organizations throughout his career, and recently co-founded The Legacy Alliance, a private equity firm in Dallas. He is active in the community, having served on the Advisory Boards of the Entrepreneurs for North Texas, The Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas, and the Communities Foundation of Texas. He is a former member of the Dallas Chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (2001-2011), where he served two terms on the Board. Neil received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Studies from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, holds Master of Business Administration degrees from both Tulane University and the Universidad de Chile, and is fluent in Spanish. David has counseled CEOs and CMOs with a unique ability to get to the heart of their business challenges, uncover opportunities and position their companies to win. Prior to joining Catapult, David was a Founder and Partner at McBRANDWORKS. He has over 30 years of brand stewardship skills forged at acclaimed advertising agencies like Hill Holliday, Y&R and Mullen, discovering critical insights that drive bold strategies and big compelling ideas that create results.

David Varnai

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Iolite Ventures

Eduardo González Díaz de León

Job Titles:
  • President, 258 Consulting LLC

Frank Garland

Job Titles:
  • CEO Realtime Brackets / Advisor Comcast NBC Universal Sportstech

Jason Gillette - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Jason Thompkins

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Laureate Campus Living

Jay Gillette

Job Titles:
  • Owner, Jay Gillette Consulting

Jay Lamb - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Jeff Patman - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President

Jen O'Neal

Job Titles:
  • Partner & COO at Anchor Capital GP

Jennie Nance

Job Titles:
  • Principal, JenTex Consulting

Jennifer Stoddard - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
Jennifer Stoddard is the General Counsel for Catapult Partners and all affiliated Catapult entities. Jennifer's focus is primarily on business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex entity formations, and finance and real estate transactions. Jennifer is a solutions-oriented attorney, always striving to obtain results rather than present roadblocks.

Jerry Mooty Jr.

Job Titles:
  • CEO, @Properties Dallas

Joe Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Stoneridge Partners

John Martin

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Redpoint Capital

Julie Nelson

Job Titles:
  • President, MEETING MUSE

Kevin Strawbridge

Job Titles:
  • Principal, Square L Group

Lane Carrick

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, the 86 GROUP

Laura Sardilli

Job Titles:
  • Founder & CEO, ProdigyLink

Lee Vendig II

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Green Peak Resources LLC

Marshall Hess

Job Titles:
  • Principal and Founder at MHCI

Michael Mattocks

Job Titles:
  • Director Corporate Sponsorships, Dallas Mavericks

Neil S. Waterman III - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer

Paul Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner, Blackland Company

Paul Spiegelman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder, Small Giants Community

Paul Wasserman

Job Titles:
  • Head of Asset & Portfolio Mgmt.

Randy Golden

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Golden Beverage Solutions

Reggie Carter - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Board Member for Rainbow Days, Inc
Reggie currently serves as a board member for Rainbow Days, Inc., Advisory Board for Healthcare Wildcatters, Advisory Board for University of Arizona Tech Launch, member of Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and Alliance of Mergers & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA).

Robbie Myers

Job Titles:
  • Brand Consultant, Former Editor in Chief Elle

Russell T. (Russ) Keene - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director of Catapult Strategic Practice
Russ is a seasoned Texas-based public affairs/communications professional with a 40-year career in public policy processes, communication strategy and business development. He is adept in corporate communications and advocacy/public affairs issues management. Russ is a partner in Crossnore Group, the boutique public affairs firm he has operated since 2008.

Sridhar Sharma

Job Titles:
  • EVP & CIO / CTO, Mr. Cooper Group

Steve Saxton - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director of Catapult Strategic Practice
Steve has been a growth strategy consultant for over 14 years, after a 23-year career in Management Consulting, Aircraft Sales, Business Aviation, Strategic Sourcing and Technology Start-ups. He helps business owners develop, prioritize and implement growth strategies and has been involved in over 12 start-up businesses throughout his career. Clients include Wheels Up, Global Jet Capital, Hawker Beechcraft, JETNET, NEXUS, Wyvern, Industrial Scientific (A Fortive Company), Alcoa and many others. Prior to Catapult, Steve founded and managed Seneca Rocks Consulting, a revenue growth strategy advisory, and held commercial positions of increasing seniority at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, BAE Systems, Vee Neal Aviation, FreeMarkets and Ariba. Steve served for 8 years on the Board of the Mt. Lebanon Foundation, a start-up community foundation in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. He has also been active in the leadership of the Pittsburgh YMCA Adventure programs, a fundraiser for Camp AIM (summer camp for children with physical, cognitive, emotional, social and communication challenges) and an indoor soccer coach. Steve graduated from Oberlin College with Honors in Economics and has completed a post-graduate course in Computer Aided Manufacturing at Oklahoma State University and the Oxford Air Transport Course in Oxford, England. He and his wife split their time between Pittsburgh and Northern Minnesota and have two grown children.

Steve Spalding

Job Titles:
  • VP of Sales at Brown & Brown Insurance ( BRO )

Tesh Durvasula

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Cassava Technologies ( ADC )

Tony Batcup

Job Titles:
  • Director New Business