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Pete joined Jump Capital in 2016, bringing with him a solid background in commercial strategy and operational leadership. He was previously Principal and Operating Partner at Manasota Capital, having served as CEO and Board Member of one of its portfolio companies, RGB Lights. Before that, he was at RR Donnelley & Sons, where he held various strategic finance positions, such as corporate development, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, and financial planning & analysis. He also worked at SIRVA, Inc. in operational roles, including product management, project management, six sigma quality, and the SIRVA Leadership Program. Pete holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
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Robert Hutchins
Robb joined Jump in 2021 to build mechanisms that accelerate growth and create scale within Jump's portfolio companies. Prior to joining Jump, he was on the Corporate Business Development team at Amazon, where he supported various business teams in structuring and negotiating complex, first-of-their-kind strategic partnerships. These partnerships were struck with leading fintech and payments players, and enabled product development spanning eCommerce, physical retail, cloud, logistics, and marketplace selling customers. Robb's early career was focused on business development, strategy, and product, and he held various operating roles. He earned a BS in Economics at Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.
Ola Jewusiak
Ola is the Director of Marketing at Jump, responsible for its marketing and communications strategy. Prior to joining Jump, she was the Global Director of Marketing at Livingstone and its cannabis-focused affiliate Sharp Capital, where she scaled the global marketing function and led the global team through a brand and website redesign, a CRM implementation, and a global events program launch. She was also the primary brand builder behind Sharp Capital, launching the brand in just six weeks in 2020. Before that, she was the first marketing hire at age tech startup Caremerge, where she launched a brand and website redesign, created video case studies, and was part of the Series C fundraising team. Ola's background includes brand building, B2B marketing, content strategy and execution, public relations, and event planning. She has a degree in Communication Studies and Journalism from the University of Iowa and has studied at Jagiellonian University in Poland. In her free time, she volunteers with One Tail at a Time and judges debate tournaments with Chicago Debates in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools. She enjoys wandering Chicago's lake shore with her dog Andy, overbuying books at one of Chicago's local bookstores, and attending comedy shows and live music events.
Nimesh Amin
Nimesh Amin is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Notifi.
Talal Tabbaa
Talal Tabbaa is the CEO at CoinMENA and co-founder and COO at Jibrel Network, a blockchain platform for the tokenization of financial assets. Prior to co-founding Jibrel, Talal was a Senior Management Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers UAE and managed a private investment fund for a private office in Saudi Arabia. By education, Talal is Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
Michael McMahon
With over 20 years of executive and financial leadership experience, Mike has operated, advised, and invested in companies across a broad range of industries and stages, from startups to mature enterprises. Prior to co-founding Jump Capital, he was a senior partner for Excelar Group LLC, a provider of strategic execution and advisory services. He also served as President of SIRVA, a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company. Mike spent sixteen years with GE and GE Capital in a range of financial, operating, and global assignments and is an honors graduate from GE's Financial Management and Leadership Development programs. Mike attended Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated with highest distinction, earning a BS in Finance. His areas of interest include FinTech, RetailTech, EdTech, and Enterprise Software.
Yunhui Zheng
Yunhui Zheng is the Co-Founder and CTO of sec3, a Web3 security service provider. He has eight years of experience as a Research Staff Member at IBM and four months as a Research Intern in Microsoft's Dynamic Crawling Team in Bing. Yunhui has a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Purdue University. He has built technology-based solutions to ensure protocols remain secure as they scale. He has worked on Artificial Intelligence for Code and Business Process Management, understanding and recommending real-world web API usages, and identifying unsecured data flows.
Anand Iyer
Anand Iyer is a managing partner at Canonical Crypto and a graduate of Purdue University.
Kasey Mitria
Kasey joined Jump in 2016 and is the Office Operations Manager. Prior to joining Jump, she was an Associate at GCM Grosvenor, where she spent two years supporting the Fund Finance Department. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her children, traveling, doing yoga, meditating, and is a connoisseur of all things gelato. Kasey graduated with honors from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies.
Will Nuñez
Will Nu?ez joins Jump Capital with rich experience in big data and analytics platforms, focused on researching and implementing emerging software, along with developing scalable data products across consulting, cyber security, finance, law, and sports/entertainment domains. His educational background includes an MS in analytics from the University of Chicago and a BS in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this role, he will work across Jump Capital's investing areas, supporting research, data collection, and analysis efforts, while working closely with the investment team to identify unique, innovative founders to partner with.
Yelena Shkolnik
Yelena joined Jump in 2015 and is focused on new investments and current portfolio companies in media and enterprise software. Prior to joining Jump, she was an investor with MK Capital, where she sourced new opportunities and actively supported MK's portfolio companies, investing in enterprise software, cloud computing, and marketing technology. Before that, she was an associate with McNally Capital, where she focused on energy and closed an investment in the clean energy space. Before business school, Yelena was the finance manager for DreamWorks Studios, where she negotiated the studio's raise of new capital and the adoption of a new global licensing strategy. She began her career as an investment banker with UBS, advising companies in technology and media and raising over $1 billion in capital for clients. Yelena holds a BA in economics with honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Chicago Booth.