Bio

As an operating partner, Todd Burns joined Platform Capital in 2016 and served as on-site interim management in special situations. Today, Todd leads Platform’s real estate division with his focus fully dedicated to the sourcing and management of real estate investment opportunities. Prior to joining Platform Capital, Todd was a Partner at Pine Street Growth Partners in Denver, CO. Pine Street was an independent sponsor investment firm focused on growth investments in the lower middle market. Todd played a key role in two investments acquired by Pine Street from 2010 to 2015. In 2000, Todd began his career in Chicago in the tax group at Arthur Andersen and then joined the audit practice at Ernst & Young. In 2005, he participated in the MCI Worldcom bankruptcy while at Huron Consulting Group and in 2006, joined Alvarez & Marsal, a New-York based interim management firm. Todd’s operational experience and financial background has created a unique hands-on approach focusing on ground-level procedural execution to achieve desired results. Todd holds a B.S. in marketing from Bradley University, his commercial real estate license in Colorado, and completed accounting coursework at the University of Illinois.