Bio

Kurt is a Managing Director, bringing to Oberon 20 years of experience in investment banking, private equity and corporate development. Kurt focuses on financial services, energy (mainly cleantech) and technology. Prior to joining Oberon, Kurt was a Managing Director at Bryant Park Capital’s New York office where he executed over 20 engagements totaling over $1 billion in transaction value, including buy-side and sell-side M&A, corporate valuations, and private placements of debt and equity. Prior to joining BPC, Kurt spent 4 years working as a consultant and corporate development executive with several technology and marketing companies, including NewView Technologies, Inc. (formerly eSteel, Inc.), a supply chain software company backed by $100 million in funding from leading venture capital investors (Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners), and CM Media Inc., a leading new media company. In 1996, Kurt joined Inverness Management LLC, a New York-based private equity firm with over $400 million of committed capital. At Inverness, Kurt pursued opportunities in a wide variety of industries and executed transactions with energy and financial services companies including the IPO of National Oilwell Varco (formerly National Oilwell, Inc.), today a $30 billion oil and gas services company, and the acquisition and sale of Financial Alliance, Inc., a merchant payment processor with over 60,000 accounts. Kurt began his career as an analyst in Merrill Lynch Mergers and Acquisitions group. Kurt earned his B.B.A. in Finance and Business Honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.