Ryan Wald Bio

Mr. Wald is a Managing Director and member of the Heritage fund Investment Committee. His primary responsibilities at Marlin include deal qualification, conducting due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio monitoring. He has been a private equity investor since 1999, and prior to joining Marlin, Mr. Wald was an Investment Committee member and Managing Director responsible for leading the Technology, Media & Telecom vertical at The Gores Group. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for numerous highly successful businesses, including Alpheus Communications, Diagnostic Health, Elo Touch Solutions, Enterasys Networks, Global Tel*Link, Harris Broadcast, Lineage Power, Real Software, Stock Building Supply, VincoTech and Wire One. Prior thereto, he was an investment banker at CIBC Oppenheimer focused on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Wald earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.