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NAME

TITLE

LOCATION

STRATEGY

Franklin Leong

Associate and Research Analyst

New York

Credit

Franklin Leong joined Silver Lake Credit in 2007 and is an Associate and Research Analyst. Previously, he worked in the Structured Credit Group at JPMorgan as a CDO Warehousing Analyst. While at JPMorgan, Mr. Leong closed over five CLO's totaling over $2 billion of loan transactions. He was also responsible for conducting performance analytics and risk modeling on over 40 CLO and Trust Preferred Warehouses. Mr. Leong also helped launch the performance analytics platform for JPMorgan's Structured Credit Group in London. Mr. Leong holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Eric Johnson

Director and Senior Research Analyst

Menlo Park

Credit

Eric Johnson joined Silver Lake Credit in 2009 and is a Director and a Senior Research Analyst. Prior to joining Silver Lake Credit, Mr. Johnson was a Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Company in the High Yield Credit Group and its Senior High Yield Energy analyst, responsible for investing in a variety of energy related situations. Previously, he was a Principal at Barclay's Global Investors Capital, where he was responsible for Energy, Utility and Chemical credit selections in the $5 billion Alpha Credit High Yield fund. Mr. Johnson earned an M.B.A. from USC's Marshall Graduate School of Business with a dual concentration in Finance and Accounting and a bachelor's degree in economics from Denison University.

Geoffrey Oltmans

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

Menlo Park

Credit

Geoffrey Oltmans joined Silver Lake Credit in 2008 and is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager. He has over 17 years experience in credit investing and as a restructuring advisor. His previous experience includes co-managing a distressed debt portfolio for UBS O'Connor and investing proprietary capital for Lehman Brothers. He started his career at Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he worked in the firm's Restructuring Group. Mr. Oltmans holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College, where he majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics.

Roger Wittlin

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

Menlo Park

Credit

Roger Wittlin joined Silver Lake Credit in 2007 as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager to head up Silver Lake's debt investing strategies. Prior to joining Silver Lake, Mr. Wittlin developed Sutter Credit Strategies asset management business into a $3.5 billion business as Sutter’s Group Head and Lead Portfolio manager of the unit within Wells Capital Management. Mr. Wittlin's 24 years of capital markets experience includes 11 years with Goldman Sachs in the Mortgage Department and the Principal Investment Group which purchased and structured distressed and sub-performing assets. Mr. Wittlin received masters degrees in both business administration and international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a B.S in journalism from ASU.


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TITLE

LOCATION

STRATEGY

Joon Kim

Analyst

Menlo Park

Waterman

Joon Kim joined Silver Lake in 2013 and is an Analyst at Silver Lake Waterman. Previously, he worked in the Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group at UBS. Mr. Kim graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.S. in Engineering from the School of Engineering.

Shawn O'Neill

Managing Director and Co-Group Head of Waterman

Menlo Park

Waterman

Shawn O’Neill joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director and Co-Group Head of Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. O’Neill has been a strategic advisor to leading technology companies and has extensive technology merger, acquisition, and financing experience from 15 years in the industry as a technology investment banker and operating executive. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. O’Neill founded Bandon Partners, a boutique investment bank and was the CFO of two venture-backed companies. Mr. O’Neill was previously an investment banker with Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. Mr. O’Neill holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, where he graduated with honors. 

Rick Stubblefield

Managing Director and Co-Group Head of Waterman

Menlo Park

Waterman

Rick Stubblefield joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Managing Director and Co-Group Head of Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. Stubblefield has been at the forefront of technology debt solutions for the private technology and venture capital community for over 25 years, helping to pioneer both venture leasing and venture debt in the marketplace. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Stubblefield co-founded Lighthouse Capital Partners, which under his leadership, grew into a leading debt provider to venture backed companies overseeing more than $1.6 billion in debt and equity investments across five funds. Prior to forming Lighthouse, Mr. Stubblefield served as Co-Head of West Coast Investment at Comdisco Ventures. Mr. Stubblefield holds a B.A. from the University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. 

Brian Crews

Principal

Menlo Park

Waterman

Brian Crews joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Principal at Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. Crews has substantial experience structuring and underwriting technology debt investments. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Crews was a Principal at Lighthouse Capital Partners, where he worked directly on more than $300 million of new investments across 62 companies. Mr. Crews holds a B.S. from Washington & Lee University.

Chris Kennelly

Senior Associate

Menlo Park

Waterman

Chris Kennelly joined Silver Lake in 2011 and is a Senior Associate at Silver Lake Waterman. Mr. Kennelly has significant experience structuring and underwriting technology debt investments. Prior to Silver Lake, Mr. Kennelly was an Associate at Lighthouse Capital Partners, joining the firm in 2005. Mr. Kennelly holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a M.Sc. from Oxford University.




At A Glance

Silver Lake has a team of approximately 100 investment and value creation professionals located around the world. Focused both on developed economies and emerging markets, Silver Lake's investment and value creation team operates out of offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo and manages investments throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

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