CASCADIA CAPITAL - Key Persons


Adam Stormoen - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director and Group Head of Healthcare
Adam Stormoen is a Managing Director and Group Head of Healthcare at Cascadia Capital, focused on serving clients in Medical Products and Healthcare Services. Adam brings 20 years of investment banking experience advising and financing middle market private and public companies. Throughout his career he has closed several dozen M&A transactions, as well as public and private capital raises for clients across a wide array of Healthcare sub-verticals, including Medical Devices, Healthcare Services and Healthcare Technology.

Ben Freking

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Director Healthcare
  • Director in Cascadia 's Healthcare
Ben Freking is a Director in Cascadia's Healthcare group, specializing in providing strategic advice and transaction services to medical equipment service and healthcare facility service providers.

Bob Diamond

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Board Observer
  • Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Merchant Capital
  • Life Trustee
Mr. Diamond is Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Merchant Capital, and is based in New York. Until 2012, Mr. Diamond was Chief Executive of Barclays, having previously held the position of President of Barclays and was responsible for Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors ("BGI"). He became an executive director of Barclays in 2005 and was a member of the Barclays Executive Committee since 1997. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Diamond held senior executive positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Diamond worked at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1992 to 1996, where his roles included Vice Chairman and Head of Global Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange in New York, as well as Chairman, President and CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston Pacific. Mr. Diamond worked at Morgan Stanley from 1979 to 1992, including as the Head of European and Asian Fixed Income Trading. Mr. Diamond is a Life Trustee and the former Chair of the Colby College Board of Trustees, member of the Yale SOM Council of Global Advisors, a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a founding member of The Nantucket Project. A native of Concord, Massachusetts, Mr. Diamond holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College in Maine and a Masters degree from the University of Connecticut. He was awarded Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Connecticut and Doctor of Laws from Colby College.

Bob Jaffe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Brian Bogen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
Prior to becoming a Senior Advisor to Cascadia, Brian served as President and CEO of North Star Petroleum, a distributor of fuel and lubricants in Alaska and Hawaii. North Star is a subsidiary of Saltchuk, a diversified holding company. Bogen previously served as Vice President and Treasurer for Saltchuk. Bogen currently serves on the Board of Hamilton Urban Partners, an apartment developer in the Seattle area and previously served on the Board of Navios, a leading global shipping company. Brian also served as President of the Northwest Forum, a group of PNW based business leaders. An active community leader, Brian recently served as President of the Board of Directors for the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America and remains on the Executive Committee today. Brian is a board member for Long Live the Kings, a non-profit supporting wild salmon restoration and sustainable fishing and is an elected town councilperson for the town of Woodway. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for A Contemporary Theatre, Northwest Chinook Recovery, the Seattle Aquarium Society and the Greater Washington Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Brian holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and attended the Albers Graduate School of Business and Economics at Seattle University. He completed the Senior Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005. Bogen is an Eagle Scout and is a recipient of the Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to the Boy Scouts of America. He enjoys golfing, fishing, and hunting.

Bryan Jaffe - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Chief Operating Officer, Investment Banking and Managing Director
  • Chief Operating Officer, Investment Banking and Managing Director Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Carle Felton - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Capital Markets
Carle Felton is a Managing Director and leads Cascadia's Capital Markets Advisory practice. His primary focus is to source flexible debt and equity for Cascadia clients by utilizing relationships with lenders and investors to ensure certainty of execution on market-best terms. Carle has over 15 years of experience working with private equity firms and family businesses. He understands the goals and challenges of companies in all stages of growth. Carle joined Cascadia from Goldman Sachs Private Credit and Hybrid Capital. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Carle served as a Director in Leveraged Finance at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (now Truist) and before that, Vice President Global Sponsor Finance at General Electric Capital Corporation (now Antares Capital). Father of three, Carle Felton is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant, and earned a Masters in Accountancy from The University of Georgia.

Christian Schiller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Vice Chairman
  • Vice Chairman, Market Development
Christian Schiller is the Vice Chairman - Market Development at Cascadia Capital responsible for new client origination, growing our S. California market presence, channel partner relationships, Cascadia brand and marketing, and mentoring our rising stars. Christian is also a very active participant and leader in the family business segment across the U.S., working proactively with family business leaders to facilitate various strategic initiatives. With over 29 years of investment banking experience, Christian has closed over 150 transactions including buy and sell-side M&A, equity, and debt financing across the U.S. and globally in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining Cascadia in 2004, Schiller was Managing Director for Cook Associates in Chicago where he focused on private equity transactions with private and family held companies. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Development with Maxim Partners, a Chicago-based private equity group. Christian holds a B.A. in Economics with Honors in Economics from Carleton College.

Colin Savage

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

David Beatson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Senior Advisor to Cascadia Capital 's Transportation
David Beatson is a Senior Advisor to Cascadia Capital's Transportation and Logistics practice, bringing with him over 40 years of transportation, freight forwarding, 3PL and supply chain industry experience. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at Ascent Advisors, LLC, a management-consulting firm serving the supply chain, transportation, and logistics industry. Previous positions include Chief Executive Officer of Emery Worldwide, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Circle International Group, Vice President at Cargo AMR, and Chief Executive Officer at Panalpina, North America. Mr. Beatson has extensive knowledge of domestic and international freight forwarding, customs brokerage, third party logistics, truckload, less-than-truck load, contract logistics, eCommerce and Omni-Channel last mile fulfillment. He serves on the Boards of Directors of PFSweb (NASDAQ: PFSW), where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee; of Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ: DSGX) where he is Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Compensation Committees. He is also a Member of the Executive Board of ATL Partners a sector specific Private Equity firm that invests in the Aerospace, Transportation and Logistics Industry.

David Schamis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Proformex
Mr. Schamis is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Proformex and a member of the Board of Directors of South Street Securities Holdings, Inc, Panmure Gordon, Kepler Cheuvreux, and MarshBerry. He was previously Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fox-Pitt Kelton and Ascensus Retirement Services. He also served on the Board of Directors for Somerset Reinsurance, Praxia Bank, Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc., Symetra Financial Corporation, and MF Global Ltd. In 2007 and 2008, Investment Dealers' Digest magazine named Mr. Schamis to its "40 Under 40" list.

Erik Einwalter - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
  • Managing Director in Cascadia Capital 's Food, Beverage & Ag
Erik Einwalter is a Managing Director in Cascadia Capital's Food, Beverage & Ag practice group, and member of the Firm's Operating Committee. He is responsible for originating and executing transactions across the food and beverage sectors, working with branded offerings and various manufacturers of finished products, with additional coverage of the seafood sector. He leads our Food and Beverage Manufacturing sub-sector, focusing on all things contract manufacturing, private label and food service. Throughout his career, he has completed over 40 transactions. Prior to Cascadia Capital, Erik worked at Salem Partners in Los Angeles where he delivered sell-side, equity placement and valuation services to clients across numerous industries. Erik holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Finance from the University of Washington.

Firdaus Pohowalla - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Industrials
Firdaus Pohowalla is a Managing Director at Cascadia Capital with broad advisory and financing experience. Firdaus heads Cascadia's industrials coverage group providing strategic advice and developing tailored solutions to complex problems for clients. His expertise is in identifying solutions that pair client objectives with feasible capital markets options.

George Sent - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Hugh Campbell - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director and Co - Head of Cascadia 's Business
  • Managing Director Business Services
Before joining Cascadia in 2008, Hugh worked for IB Partners, a South American boutique M&A firm, where he executed mid-market M&A transactions throughout Latin America. Prior to business school, Hugh worked for a micro credit fund in Central America and previously spent three years at Wachovia Bank. Hugh holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.B.A. with Honors from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Hugh Campbell is a Managing Director and co-head of Cascadia's Business Services practice.

Ilya Seglin - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Consumer, Retail & E - Commerce

James Cartales - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Consumer, Retail & E - Commerce

James Munyon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Senior Advisor Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
Prior to joining Cascadia Capital as a Senior Advisor, he served as CEO of AIB International, President of Simplot Food Group and Vice President of one of Nestle's food divisions in North America. During his tenure, James was involved in key investments in new and expanded facilities, facilities rationalization and improvements in cost reduction and organizational realignment to improve market position. He was also very actively engaged in international capabilities expansion allowing for enhanced international growth in each of the businesses he was involved in. He is currently serving as an Independent director for a family business within the food industry. James earned a M.S. in Food Science from Washington State University, a B.S. in Microbiology from Oregon State University and an Executive Certification from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. He also has served and is serving as an advisor and board member for several industry and educational organizations.

Jamie Boyd - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Energy Transition & Climate Tech

Jim Stone - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Software

Katherine Bellows

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director / Investment Banking Services
  • Managing Director Investment Banking Services & Client Origination

Katie Bellows - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
Katie Bellows, a Managing Director at Cascadia Capital, leads Investment Banking Services and new client origination. Her primary focus is to connect Cascadia's industry and market expertise with the needs of business owners, entrepreneurs and family business leaders nationally. She manages important firm channels, facilitating both inbound and outbound referrals.

Kerri Hagen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Director / Financial Sponsors Group
  • Director Within Cascadia 's Financial
Kerri Hagen is a Director within Cascadia's Financial Sponsor Coverage team. Her focus is to develop and manage relationships with leading financial sponsors in the Northeast. Kerri joined Cascadia from Gemspring Capital, a middle market private equity firm, as Director of Business Development where she was responsible for sourcing new investments and driving the firm's business development efforts and investment banking relationships. Prior to joining Gemspring, Kerri was a Senior Business Development Consultant at Axial, where she assisted in the deal sourcing and M&A efforts of middle market private equity firms, family offices and lenders. Prior to joining Axial, she served as Vice President, Equity Sales at The Buckingham Research Group. Earlier in her career, Kerri assisted the research, sales, and trading functions of investment banks while at IHS Markit (formerly Ipreo, a portfolio company of Blackstone and Goldman Sachs). Kerri received a BA in Communications, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan. She currently serves on ACG NY's Women of Leadership Committee.

Kevin Cable - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Co - Founder and Managing Director, Venture Capital Coverage / Financial Sponsors Group
Kevin Cable is co-founder and Managing Director of Cascadia Capital. He is responsible for cultivating Venture Capital and Growth Equity relationships. He also founded the firm's efforts in Technology, Healthcare & Digital Health drawing from a deep history in software, analytics, big data and consumer applications. Kevin has deep expertise in RCM, Payments, Enterprise software and Infrastructure.

Kevin Frisch - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Industrials
Kevin Frisch is a Managing Director at Cascadia Capital with extensive advisory and financing experience over his 25+ year investment banking career. Kevin leads both the Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace, Space & Defense Practices at Cascadia. His expertise is marrying extensive industry knowledge and experience with creative finance and advisory solutions to give clients the best range of options to pursue and then execute on their behalf. Kevin previously founded and led the Advanced Manufacturing & Supply Chain practice at Imperial Capital for approximately a decade. Prior to this he covered Industrial Technology and Additive Manufacturing companies at FBR Capital Markets. He started his post-MBA career as a Mergers and Acquisitions specialist in Industrials at Lehman Brothers and was in that role for nearly 10 years. Prior to business school, he worked at Oppenheimer & Co. and Chase Securities. Kevin holds a B.A. in Economics and Public Policy from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Booth School at the University of Chicago.

Lindsey Monteleone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Head of Talent Strategy & Development
Lindsey joined Cascadia from Elliott Investment Management where she led the U.S. recruiting practice and served as a Human Resources Business Partner. Prior to joining Elliott, Lindsey was a Human Capital Manager at ExodusPoint where she supported the buildout of the HR function for the newly launched hedge fund. She previously served as a Senior HRBP on the Global Fixed Income team at Morgan Stanley. Lindsey spent the first 7 years of her HR career as a Generalist at Soros Fund Management.

Mark DeSantis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Executive Director and Senior Advisor Industrials

Matthew Riendeau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Software

Meredith Mann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Chief Operating Officer, Finance & Administration

Michael Butler - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team

Michael Orbach

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Executive Director and Senior Advisor Industrials

Naaman Heyman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Industrials

Owen Baldrica

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Director Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Ron Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Software

Scott Ames

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Financial Sponsors Group

Scott Porter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Stephen Winningham

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Teague Collins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Software

Tim Lufkin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Financial Sponsors Group

Vitaliy Marchenko

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Director Healthcare

William Susman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Managing Director Consumer, Retail & E - Commerce