Leadership
LEN MAZUR
Founding Managing Partner
For the past twelve years, Mr. Mazur has served as CEO of HFA Group, an outsourced CTO/CIO and software provider whose clients have ranged from the largest funds in the worlds to startup funds. Previously, he oversaw trading and risk technology for Reservoir Capital for four years- a $4.5 Billion hybrid private equity, hedge fund, and fund seeding platform. He built out Reservoir’s Dallas trading and risk department from scratch which serviced several multi-strategy hedge funds’ trading operations. The team was processing transactions across 18 currencies and 11 asset classes for the core hedge fund as well as two seed funds which grew to over $1B in assets. He was responsible for deploying and integrating various foundational systems, and he developed a proprietary risk reporting framework within the firm. He also developed trading screen applications used in executing a $30MM quantitative trading strategy. Mr. Mazur also provided CIO technology advisory and implementation/development services to seeded funds at various stages of maturity.
Prior to his role at Reservoir, Mr. Mazur was the Vice President of Technology/Operations at Laurel Ridge in New York City. A volatility arbitrage fund, where he lead the development team in developing the firm’s proprietary systems. He was also a business analyst at Deutsche Bank’s global equity team. Prior to that, he worked in various technology roles for E-commerce and the Aerospace industry where he developed software simulators for Lockheed Martin to test their GPS flight navigational systems.
Mr. Mazur holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland Honors Program. He is also an investor with interests in analytics technologies, real estate, and Bitcoin applications focused on under-served niches. He is the General Partner of Pi Zero One Ventures, an early stage seed fund focused on technology companies building on Bitcoin technologies. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, reading historical nonfiction, and spending time with his wife and children.
Advisory Board
Joseph D. O’Brien III
President and Chief Executive Officer at A.G. Hill Partners
Mr. O’Brien has served as the Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Hill Partners – a Hunt family office- since its inception in 2016. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Highside Capital Management, L.P. from 2007 to 2013. Highside was a global equity long/short hedge fund with peak assets in excess of $4 billion. Prior to Highside, he was the Founder and Portfolio Manager of the long/short equity hedge fund Rider Investments, a Portfolio Manager and Partner at the private equity firm Petra Capital Partners, a Vice President in prime brokerage and investment management at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and an investment banking associate with The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc. Mr. O’Brien has a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia (’86) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (’92). Mr. O’Brien served on the Board of Directors and Founders’ Council of the Managed Funds Association. He currently serves on the Board and is past Co-Chairman of Capital for Kids.
BEN CHATRAW
Founding Partner & CEO of North Avenue Capital
Ben Chatraw is the CEO and Chairman of South Rose Capital, a Fin Tech private equity firm. Prior to this, Ben co-founded and sold North Avenue Capital (NAC) to Veritex Bank (VBTX). NAC was America’s largest producer of Business & Industry (“B&I”) loans. He was responsible for driving the overall vision and strategy of North Avenue Investments. A serial entrepreneur, Ben has founded multiple companies and non-profit organizations. Prior to launching North Avenue Investments, Ben was the COO of Vision Capital, a Dallas based hedge fund focused on small cap investments which he co-founded and ran from 2006 to 2012. Ben specializes in entrepreneurialism, operations, strategy, and deal structuring. He completed his undergraduate degree with highest honors from Georgia Tech and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with distinction.