As Managing Director, Nathan oversees the firm’s portfolio companies and leads sourcing of new deals. In MessageWrap, which was spun out of Mol Belting Systems, he led the company from inception to meeting the growth requirements for the 2019 Inc 5000 fastest-growing private businesses in America and the 2020 Financial Times list of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies. He sourced and led MEP’s entry into the marine construction industry, growing the business from $500K in revenue to $7.8 million in revenue and EBITDA of $2.1 million in just two years. He is a founding backer of C3 Industries, one of the country's fastest-growing multi-state cannabis companies, which has raised over $100 million in capital and operates in six states. And in a carve-out, Nathan partnered in the acquisition of an abandoned coal mine in Illinois that provides waste disposal services to power producers. With a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, he worked in New York City at award-winning design firm Rockwell Group, in Washington D.C. with the Republican Governors Association and Maverick PAC, and spent seven years as a management consultant with Greystone Global and Phase One Consulting Group (acquired by Accenture) focused on strategic planning, business transformation, and turnarounds.

Jim is one of the country’s experts in Lead Generation, lecturing on the topic for 10 years running at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He spends most of his time personally generating leads for a select set of clients, and has spent over 30 years accumulating diverse business experiences in business development, marketing and selling roles within the healthcare/managed care, financial services, learning/consulting and online market research industries. Previously, Jim was a Director of Sales at Communispace Corporation, a Boston based, online market research company founded in 1999. Jim worked closely with the senior management team and reported directly to the President and CEO. He helped create and shape sales strategy within an emerging market and sold to senior decision makers at Fortune 100 companies. In 1993 he joined The Forum Corporation, a global leader in workplace learning. Jim holds a BA in Economics & History from The College of William & Mary. Jim’s spare time is spent with his wife and three children.