Our Team

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Steve Shuhet
Managing Partner, Founder
  • 2002–2020: Cresting Wave, Founder
  • 2000–2002: Captivate Network (Gannett & Co), Head of Sales East
  • 1993–2000: ADP, VP of Sales NYC
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Bill Murphy
Managing Partner
  • 2011–2020: Blackstone SMD, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Innovation Strategic Investments
  • 1999–2011: Founding CTO, Capital IQ
  • 1996–1999: Architect, Sapient
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Evan Danieli
Head of Revenue
  • 2019–2020: Director of Sales, XM Cyber
  • 2013–2019: Director of Sales, Indeed
  • 2010–2012: Professional Baseball Player
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Carla Bryant
Head of Innovation Advisory
  • 2011–2020: Blackstone
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Julia Blosil
Client Management
  • 2021–2025: Office Manager & Executive Assistant to Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Town Hall Ventures
  • 2018–2021: Administrative Assistant, Blackstone
  • 2017–2018: Executive Assistant to the SVP of Marketing & Communications, Burberry
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Megan Flood
Innovation Director
  • 2019–2021: Director, bwtech, UMBC
  • 2014–2019: Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures
  • Earlier: 2013–2020: Founder & CEO, Ryan Edwards Communications, LLC; 2002–2009: Director of Marketing, Salestrac
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Michael Hurley
Innovation Director
  • 2021–2023: Director of Partnerships, TIME
  • 2020–2021: Enterprise Account Executive, GeekHive
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Kennedy Murphy
Innovation Director
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Grace Chesher
Innovation Director
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Connor Salk
Director of Growth Strategy
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Isabella Damus
Senior Innovation Analyst
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Keelin Hollowood
Innovation Analyst
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Adam Echevarria
Innovation Analyst
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Anna Denney
Innovation Analyst
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Ava Fangmann
Innovation Analyst
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Jordan Beaudoin
Innovation Analyst