PIKE STREET CAPITAL - Key Persons

Carissa Abbott

Job Titles:
  • Operating Partner

Cathy McBeth

Job Titles:
  • VP, Portfolio Operations

Colin Fekkes - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

David Dandel - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Managing Partner
David Dandel is a Founding Partner at Pike Street Capital. Previously, he served as Partner at Seattle-based private equity firm Evergreen Pacific Partners. At Evergreen Dandel led origination and execution of transactions to provide liquidity for business owners or capital for business growth. Learn More »

Douwe Yntema - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Edward Whatley - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Managing Partner
Ed Whatley is a Founding Partner of Pike Street Capital. Prior to Pike Street, Ed was a Partner at a Seattle based private equity firm Evergreen Pacific Partners from 2008 to 2017. At Evergreen, Ed focused primarily on originating and executing investments in founder-owned and other growth oriented businesses in industrial, distribution, manufacturing and other sectors. Learn More »

Kay Huang - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Paul Caragher - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Paul Caragher is a Founding Partner of Pike Street Capital. Prior to Pike Street, Paul Caragher was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Radiant Zemax. Radiant Zemax was formed through the Evergreen Pacific Partners backed acquisition of two founder led businesses, Radiant Imaging and Zemax Development. Learn More»

Ram Nair - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Ram joined Pike Street as an investment professional in 2019 and has over a decade of experience in finance and operations. Prior to Pike Street, Ram was a private equity professional at Gryphon Investors, where he successfully executed numerous investments in middle-market companies across a variety of industries and worked closely with portfolio companies on business-building initiatives. Ram also has experience leading consulting engagements for a number of other private equity firms and evaluating and executing investments across sectors as a public equities investor. Ram started his career as an investment banker at J.P.Morgan, where he advised on M&A, equity, and debt transactions with an aggregate value of over $20 billion. Ram holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tyler Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Associate